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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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...Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer to the Readme file on the Adaptec Installation DVD for additional motherboard compatibility information. ● One of these operating systems: Note: For up-to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the operating system you are ... the latest on which version of the Adaptec Web site at least 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, ...
...Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer to the Readme file on the Adaptec Installation DVD for additional motherboard compatibility information. ● One of these operating systems: Note: For up-to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the operating system you are ... the latest on which version of the Adaptec Web site at least 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, ...
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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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Remove mounting screws with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to install the bracket with the flat side... is not bent after attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Be sure to the controller board. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in Step 2. Insert the screws through the ... bracket Figure 3 ! Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of the controller, with a Phillips screw driver. !
Remove mounting screws with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to install the bracket with the flat side... is not bent after attaching the low-profile bracket to the controller board. Be sure to the controller board. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in Step 2. Insert the screws through the ... bracket Figure 3 ! Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of the controller, with a Phillips screw driver. !
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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 data storage (see page 79). If your controller has an external connector, you...the 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 data storage (see page 79). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect ...
...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 data storage (see page 79). If your controller has an external connector, you...the 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 data storage (see page 79). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect ...
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...are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 72. For more information or to your external device(s), such as shown in the following section, Next Steps. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Use high...purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Next Steps If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating ...
...are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 72. For more information or to your external device(s), such as shown in the following section, Next Steps. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Use high...purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following example. Next Steps If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating ...
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Skip to complete this chapter... 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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. 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.
Skip to complete this chapter... 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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. 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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... continue with the following section. 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 page 59. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to confirm applying your new...
... continue with the following section. 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 page 59. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to confirm applying your new...
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... a bootable array (see page 72. 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...
... a bootable array (see page 72. 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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... to complete this task. with the instructions for your operating system, as described below. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. For details, see the instructions for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page...see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: Not all operating systems are supported on a floppy disk, you must use a...
... to complete this task. with the instructions for your operating system, as described below. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. For details, see the instructions for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page...see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: Not all operating systems are supported on a floppy disk, you must use a...
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...4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. Note: When F6 is found '. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow the on page 79. Note: With... Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on -screen instructions to begin the Windows installation...
...4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. Note: When F6 is found '. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart the computer. 2 Follow the on page 79. Note: With... Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to complete the installation. 8 Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on -screen instructions to begin the Windows installation...
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... /mnt2 cd /AACRAID sh ./fc-pre-install.sh Note: These commands assume the floppy drive is assigned to install the driver image. 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....the prompts to set up the environment you want. 6 If you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. 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 Welcome screen appears,...
... /mnt2 cd /AACRAID sh ./fc-pre-install.sh Note: These commands assume the floppy drive is assigned to install the driver image. 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....the prompts to set up the environment you want. 6 If you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. 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 Welcome screen appears,...
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... an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the instructions included 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 ...your operating system. You must have an older version of a driver disk. (If F6 is 50%-90% complete, type this task. 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 Otherwise, select...
... an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the instructions included 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 ...your operating system. You must have an older version of a driver disk. (If F6 is 50%-90% complete, type this task. 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 Otherwise, select...
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...drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on -screen prompts to continue the installation. 10 When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. Do not reboot! e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2.../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 the device: fdisk -l Note: The ...
...drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on -screen prompts to continue the installation. 10 When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. Do not reboot! e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2.../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 the device: fdisk -l Note: The ...
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... the USB drive is the temporary location of the driver files. 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... -v exit 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to complete this command: cp //* /mnt/aacraid-driver where tempdir is assigned to install the driver image. 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 USB drive is the temporary location of the driver files. 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... -v exit 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to complete this command: cp //* /mnt/aacraid-driver where tempdir is assigned to install the driver image. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Ubuntu Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When...
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... 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on page 79. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 66 5 Type the following commands to complete the driver installation: For Ubuntu 32-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib/modules/2.6.-genericpae/kernel...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. 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to...
... 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the installation screen, then follow the on page 79. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 66 5 Type the following commands to complete the driver installation: For Ubuntu 32-bit: cp -f /AACRAID/aacraid.ko-POST_MOD /target/lib/modules/2.6.-genericpae/kernel...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. 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to...
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... your VMware Installation CD and a writable CD to create the driver disk and install the driver image. 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 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 c Change to the Linux driver directory on -screen instructions to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Instead, you can create a driver disk by burning a CD with your computer. 4 Follow ...
... your VMware Installation CD and a writable CD to create the driver disk and install the driver image. 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 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 c Change to the Linux driver directory on -screen instructions to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Instead, you can create a driver disk by burning a CD with your computer. 4 Follow ...
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... complete, if required. Note: In the following instructions, perform Steps 1-7 on your Windows build machine. 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... Depot from the VMware Download Center. Installing with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following procedure to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. To perform the installation, you want to install the custom image. Be sure to...
... complete, if required. Note: In the following instructions, perform Steps 1-7 on your Windows build machine. 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... Depot from the VMware Download Center. Installing with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following procedure to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. To perform the installation, you want to install the custom image. Be sure to...
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...a display like this message. You can ignore this : ESXi-5.0.0-469512-no-tools ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to create the custom boot image: a At the PowerCLI prompt, add ...software depot from the one above. 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 choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". After you start the download, be ...
...a display like this message. You can ignore this : ESXi-5.0.0-469512-no-tools ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to create the custom boot image: a At the PowerCLI prompt, add ...software depot from the one above. 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 choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". After you start the download, be ...