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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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... Support area of the operating system you are running. 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. For more information, see page...
... Support area of the operating system you are running. 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. For more information, see page...
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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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...height bracket is installed on the mounting screws should be a maximum of the controller, as shown in the Figure 1. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of the controller, ...sure that looks like a spacer (see Figure 3). Insert the screws through the holes on the front side of the controller, with a Phillips screw driver. ! The low-profile bracket is installed on the front of bracket Figure 3 ! Be sure to the controller board. Remove mounting screws with the ...
...height bracket is installed on the mounting screws should be a maximum of the controller, as shown in the Figure 1. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown the Figure 3. Flat side of bracket Front of board Back of board Raised side of the controller, ...sure that looks like a spacer (see Figure 3). Insert the screws through the holes on the front side of the controller, with a Phillips screw driver. ! The low-profile bracket is installed on the front of bracket Figure 3 ! Be sure to the controller board. Remove mounting screws with the ...
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...(see page 46). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 45 Installation Options When you install your Adaptec RAID controller, you can complete a standard installation, where the controller driver is installed on an existing operating system. Follow the steps for the installation option you can ...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 46). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and ...
...(see page 46). Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 45 Installation Options When you install your Adaptec RAID controller, you can complete a standard installation, where the controller driver is installed on an existing operating system. Follow the steps for the installation option you can ...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 46). Installing on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and ...
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...not connecting any external devices, see the following example. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 53. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector ... with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Connecting External Devices on page 72...
...not connecting any external devices, see the following example. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 53. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector ... with internal mini-SAS to SATA Fanout cable (SFF-8087 to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Connecting External Devices on page 72...
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Skip to create a bootable array. 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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. Note: If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, you don't have to complete this chapter...
Skip to create a bootable array. 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 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 72. 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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... section. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 59. To exclude specific disk drives from the ...Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a physical disk drive on page 106). Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration is displayed. Note: In DAS...
... section. Then continue with RAID 5 and a hot spare. In this example, Adaptec Storage Manager has used thirteen equal-sized disk drives to automatically create one logical drive with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 59. To exclude specific disk drives from the ...Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as an "array", see page 13) and on installing and using Adaptec Storage Manager as a physical disk drive on page 106). Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. The configuration is displayed. Note: In DAS...
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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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...a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to download the latest drivers. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to fit on a floppy disk, you must use a...68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Creating a Driver Disk This section describes how to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. For details, see the instructions for your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create...
...a floppy disk, USB flash drive, or writable CD to download the latest drivers. To create a driver disk: 1 Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the Adaptec Installation DVD. Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to fit on a floppy disk, you must use a...68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Creating a Driver Disk This section describes how to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. For details, see the instructions for your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create...
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...the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to specify that the driver is found, press Enter. 7 Follow the on-... 3, Step 4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you may see the message 'No drives were found , press Next. Note: ...
...the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to specify that the driver is found, press Enter. 7 Follow the on-... 3, Step 4 (without reinserting the DVD), and Step 5. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your computer. 4 Insert the driver disk, then wait until you may see the message 'No drives were found , press Next. Note: ...
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...CD to complete this task. Do not reboot! Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on -screen prompts to /dev/fd0. 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 shell. When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to install the driver image. You must have root privileges to the console. 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...
...CD to complete this task. Do not reboot! Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on -screen prompts to /dev/fd0. 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 shell. When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to install the driver image. You must have root privileges to the console. 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...
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...3 When the SuSE installation selection screen appears, choose the type of installation you want . 6 If you may have root privileges to install the driver image. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the screen, you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. press the Alt key ...press CTRL+ALT+F7 to return to the installation screen and complete the installation as usual. 8 Continue with SuSE Linux To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux: 1 Insert the first SuSE Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. To install the...
...3 When the SuSE installation selection screen appears, choose the type of installation you want . 6 If you may have root privileges to install the driver image. Installing with Managing Your Storage Space on the screen, you are installing other third-party devices, install them now. press the Alt key ...press CTRL+ALT+F7 to return to the installation screen and complete the installation as usual. 8 Continue with SuSE Linux To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing SuSE Linux: 1 Insert the first SuSE Installation CD. 2 Restart your operating system. To install the...
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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 the device: fdisk -l Note...: The following steps assume that the USB drive is the temporary location of the archive to a temporary location. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Debian Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen appears, select Graphical ...
...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 following steps assume that the USB drive is the temporary location of the archive to a temporary location. e Unmount and remove the Adaptec Installation DVD and the USB drive. 2 Insert the Debian Installation CD, then restart your computer. 3 When the Welcome screen appears, select Graphical ...
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...-initramfs -u -v exit 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to /dev/sda1. You must have root privileges to the Linux driver directory on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following steps assume that the USB drive is...your Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. 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...
...-initramfs -u -v exit 12 Press CTRL+ALT+F5 to switch back to /dev/sda1. You must have root privileges to the Linux driver directory on the Adaptec Installation DVD, locate the .tgz archive file for the device: fdisk -l Note: The following steps assume that the USB drive is...your Ubuntu operating system version (32-bit or 64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. 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...
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.... 10 When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. 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. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the...
.... 10 When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the console. 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. 9 Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch back to the...
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...system. This task is not necessary if you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. 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...installing Solaris 10 Update 2 or later. Instead, you prefer to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESX 4.x. Note: Use whatever tool you can create a driver disk by burning a CD with your VMware Installation CD and a writable CD to...
...system. This task is not necessary if you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. 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...installing Solaris 10 Update 2 or later. Instead, you prefer to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESX 4.x. Note: Use whatever tool you can create a driver disk by burning a CD with your VMware Installation CD and a writable CD to...
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... with VMware ESXi 5. Note: PowerShell is complete, if required. Note: You may see page 81. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. To perform the installation, you will need to install the custom image. Note: In...software first, including Powershell and Microsoft .NET 2.0, before you install PowerCLI or start to complete this message. 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 Windows build machine....
... with VMware ESXi 5. Note: PowerShell is complete, if required. Note: You may see page 81. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. To perform the installation, you will need to install the custom image. Note: In...software first, including Powershell and Microsoft .NET 2.0, before you install PowerCLI or start to complete this message. 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 Windows build machine....
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...to provide account credentials to 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 create the custom boot image: a At the PowerCLI prompt,...this message. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to a temporary location on your build machine where the software depot is stored. c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\...
...to provide account credentials to 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 create the custom boot image: a At the PowerCLI prompt,...this message. when you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD. 6 Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to a temporary location on your build machine where the software depot is stored. c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\...