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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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... screws, as shown the Figure 3. The low-profile bracket is not bent after attaching the low-profile bracket to the bracket with a Phillips screw driver. ! Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to ... bracket with the flat side against the controller PCB and the raised side facing away from the controller board. Remove mounting screws with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of bracket Figure 3 ! Caution: The torque on the front of the controller, as shown in Figure 2, then set...
... screws, as shown the Figure 3. The low-profile bracket is not bent after attaching the low-profile bracket to the bracket with a Phillips screw driver. ! Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of board Figure 1 Figure 2 2 Attach the low-profile bracket to ... bracket with the flat side against the controller PCB and the raised side facing away from the controller board. Remove mounting screws with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of bracket Figure 3 ! Caution: The torque on the front of the controller, as shown in Figure 2, then set...
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...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). Basic Installation Steps This section describes the installation process. If ... 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 create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller...
...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). Basic Installation Steps This section describes the installation process. If ... 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 create a bootable array and then install your operating system and the controller...
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...To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 53. 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... controller to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 54. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 53 2 Use an internal mini-SAS to SATA cable to attach the SSD...
...To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to controller with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 53. 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... controller to your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 54. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 53 2 Use an internal mini-SAS to SATA cable to attach the SSD...
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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 create a bootable array. 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 complete this chapter... Skip to Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72.
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 create a bootable array. 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 complete this chapter... Skip to Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72.
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...Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your logical drive. For information on installing ... Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. You must partition and format these logical drives before you created appears as a full software ...
...Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on the physical disk drives. 9 Partition and format your logical drive. For information on installing ... Manager uses the term logical drives when referring to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on your system. 11 Remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. You must partition and format these logical drives before you created appears as a full software ...
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... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... To install the driver on 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).
... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... To install the driver on 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).
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...system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: Some operating systems do not require a separate driver disk, including Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7; The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. Select your operating system..., as described below. For details, see page 71. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and ...
...system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: Some operating systems do not require a separate driver disk, including Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7; The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. Select your operating system..., as described below. For details, see page 71. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and ...
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... Space on page 79. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to complete the installation. 8 Continue... with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to specify that the driver is found , press Next. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 61 Installing with Windows Note: You will...
... Space on page 79. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to complete the installation. 8 Continue... with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to specify that the driver is found , press Next. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 61 Installing with Windows Note: You will...
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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 Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. ...devices. 6 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, then click Next. 7 Follow the on page 79. 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, ...
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 Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type linux dd at the Boot: prompt. 4 When prompted, insert the driver disk, then select OK. ...devices. 6 Press ALT+F6 to switch back to the installation screen, then click Next. 7 Follow the on page 79. 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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... the environment you want , then press the F6 key to install the driver image. 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 Note: For SuSE Linux 11...Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and 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 ...
... the environment you want , then press the F6 key to install the driver image. 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 Note: For SuSE Linux 11...Continue with Managing Your Storage Space on page 79. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and 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 ...
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...tempdir is assigned to /dev/sda1. 5 Type the following steps assume that the USB drive is the temporary location of the driver files. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Debian Installation CD, then restart your Debian operating system version (32-bit ... 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 ...
...tempdir is assigned to /dev/sda1. 5 Type the following steps assume that the USB drive is the temporary location of the driver files. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Debian Installation CD, then restart your Debian operating system version (32-bit ... 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 ...
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... version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the archive to a temporary location. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid...
... version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the archive to a temporary location. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Ubuntu Linux: 1 Create the driver disk: a Insert and mount the Adaptec Installation DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid...
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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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... not necessary if you can choose to complete this task. This task is complete, if required. d Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the driver CD. 2 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 3 Restart your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Note... later. The Device Configuration Assistant (DCA) Utility will need your operating system. 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 ...
... not necessary if you can choose to complete this task. This task is complete, if required. d Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the driver CD. 2 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 3 Restart your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Note... later. The Device Configuration Assistant (DCA) Utility will need your operating system. 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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...complete this message. Be sure to install the prerequiste software first, including Powershell and Microsoft .NET 2.0, before you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Note: PowerShell is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). Note: For information about ... start to create the custom boot image. Installing with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following procedure to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you will need to download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot from VMware based on...
...complete this message. Be sure to install the prerequiste software first, including Powershell and Microsoft .NET 2.0, before you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Note: PowerShell is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). Note: For information about ... start to create the custom boot image. Installing with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following procedure to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5, you will need to download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot from VMware based on...
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...Builder snap-in is already installed. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\aacraid-esxi5...is stored. 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 download the software depot from the VMware Download Center ...
...Builder snap-in is already installed. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\aacraid-esxi5...is stored. 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 download the software depot from the VMware Download Center ...