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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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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 cables. If your kit does, the... 12, 13, 14 (32-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on Linux support or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware ...
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 cables. If your kit does, the... 12, 13, 14 (32-bit and 64-bit) Note: For the latest on Linux support or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. ● Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express ● VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic Note: VMware ...
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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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...points on the mounting screws should be a maximum of 3.0-4.0 lbf-in to the controller board. Be sure to install the bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to the bracket with the mounting screws inserted from the...The low-profile bracket is installed on the front of the controller, then fasten the screws to the controller board. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. Insert the screws through the holes on the front side of the controller, with the ...
...points on the mounting screws should be a maximum of 3.0-4.0 lbf-in to the controller board. Be sure to install the bracket with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to the bracket with the mounting screws inserted from the...The low-profile bracket is installed on the front of the controller, then fasten the screws to the controller board. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. Insert the screws through the holes on the front side of the controller, with the ...
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...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 data storage (see page 79). Basic Installation Steps This section describes the installation process....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 operating system and the controller driver on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal ...
...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 data storage (see page 79). Basic Installation Steps This section describes the installation process....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 operating system and the controller driver on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and internal ...
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...you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 53. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Next Steps If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single...reattach the power cord, then continue with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Installing the...
...you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 53. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Next Steps If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single...reattach the power cord, then continue with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Installing the...
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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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. Skip to create a bootable array. Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to complete this chapter...
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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. Skip to create a bootable array. Creating a Bootable Array 6 In this task. Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to complete this chapter...
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... Then continue with the following section. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration is displayed. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on the physical... disk drives. 9 Partition and format your new configuration. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical...
... Then continue with the following section. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration is displayed. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on the physical... disk drives. 9 Partition and format your new configuration. Note: In DAS environments, Adaptec Storage Manager uses the term logical...
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... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... 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).
... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... 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).
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...systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the driver disk manually. Since the driver image is loaded right from the DVD drive. 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the Adaptec Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then ...disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. From the main menu select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your operating system, as ...
...systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the driver disk manually. Since the driver image is loaded right from the DVD drive. 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the Adaptec Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then ...disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. From the main menu select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your operating system, as ...
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... a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is found , press Enter. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete ... Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Installing 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...
... a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is found , press Enter. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete ... Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Installing 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...
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To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. 5 Follow the prompts to...Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux Note: You will need your Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD to the console. 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 computer. 3 When the ...
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Red Hat Linux 5: 1 Insert the first Red Hat Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. 5 Follow the prompts to...Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux Note: You will need your Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD to the console. 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 computer. 3 When the ...
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...an older version of SuSE; Installing with Debian Linux Note: You will need your operating system. 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 appears,... to the console by typing CTRL+ALT+F2 when the installation is not shown on page 79. 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
...an older version of SuSE; Installing with Debian Linux Note: You will need your operating system. 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 appears,... to the console by typing CTRL+ALT+F2 when the installation is not shown on page 79. 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
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... an Operating System ● 64 b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen appears, select Graphical Install, then type CTRL+ALT...kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on-screen prompts to continue the installation. 10 When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation...
... an Operating System ● 64 b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen appears, select Graphical Install, then type CTRL+ALT...kernel/drivers/scsi/aacraid/aacraid.ko 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on-screen prompts to continue the installation. 10 When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation...
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...the USB drive by typing this task. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following commands to complete the driver installation: For Debian 32-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib...Linux Note: You will need your Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen ...
...the USB drive by typing this task. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following commands to complete the driver installation: For Debian 32-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib...Linux Note: You will need your Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen ...
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... is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 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. ...where 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...
... is 32-24 for Ubuntu 10.x and 38-8 for Ubuntu 11.x. 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. ...where 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...
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...tool or the Linux command line. You must have root privileges to the CD. 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 /dev...installation is complete, if required. Note: Use whatever tool you can choose to complete this task. d Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the driver CD. 2 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 3 Restart your VMware Installation CD and a writable CD to install VMware ESX ...
...tool or the Linux command line. You must have root privileges to the CD. 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 /dev...installation is complete, if required. Note: Use whatever tool you can choose to complete this task. d Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the driver CD. 2 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 3 Restart your VMware Installation CD and a writable CD to install VMware ESX ...
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.... Note: You will also need a writable CD to load the driver. 8 Complete the VMware installation, following procedure to create the driver disk and install the driver image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET...your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. Instead, you must have administrator privileges to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following the on-screen instructions. 9 Reboot your Windows build machine...
.... Note: You will also need a writable CD to load the driver. 8 Complete the VMware installation, following procedure to create the driver disk and install the driver image. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET...your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD. Instead, you must have administrator privileges to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following the on-screen instructions. 9 Reboot your Windows build machine...
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...\aacraid-esxi5.01.1.7.28400.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the temporary folder on your Windows build machine. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot (for example, vmware-ESXi5.0.0-469512-depot.zip...vmware.com/downloads; 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". b Add the VMware ESXi5.0 Software...
...\aacraid-esxi5.01.1.7.28400.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the temporary folder on your Windows build machine. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 69 4 Download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot (for example, vmware-ESXi5.0.0-469512-depot.zip...vmware.com/downloads; 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". b Add the VMware ESXi5.0 Software...