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... this Guide 11 Part I: Getting Started 1 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager Getting Started Checklist 14 About Adaptec Storage Manager 14 About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 14 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 15 System Requirements 17 Controller Support 17 2 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Installing on Windows 19 Installing on Linux 20 Installing on UnixWare...
... this Guide 11 Part I: Getting Started 1 Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager Getting Started Checklist 14 About Adaptec Storage Manager 14 About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent 14 Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager 15 System Requirements 17 Controller Support 17 2 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager Installing on Windows 19 Installing on Linux 20 Installing on UnixWare...
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... Storage Space 4 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager Working in Adaptec Storage Manager 44 Overview of the Main Window 44 Revealing More Device Information 49 Checking System Status from the Main Window 50 Getting Help ...50 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager 51 Uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager 51 5 ... Performance 66 Verifying Logical Drives 67 Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive 69 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 70 Deleting a Logical Drive 71 Creating a RAID Volume 71 Creating a JBOD Disk 73 Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Storage Space 75 Configuring the ...
... Storage Space 4 Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager Working in Adaptec Storage Manager 44 Overview of the Main Window 44 Revealing More Device Information 49 Checking System Status from the Main Window 50 Getting Help ...50 Logging Out of Adaptec Storage Manager 51 Uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager 51 5 ... Performance 66 Verifying Logical Drives 67 Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive 69 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 70 Deleting a Logical Drive 71 Creating a RAID Volume 71 Creating a JBOD Disk 73 Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Storage Space 75 Configuring the ...
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...Testing and Silencing System and Enclosure Alarms 94 Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware 97 Updating the Disk Drive Firmware 98 9 Monitoring Status and Activity Monitoring Options 103 Checking Status from the Main Window 103 Notifying Users by Event Log Message About Status and...117 Changing an Operating System's Event Log Setting 118 Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis 119 10 Updating and Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Updating Adaptec Storage Manager 125 Adding Enhanced Features 125 Setting Preferences and Changing Views 125 Managing Remote Systems 127 Working with ...
...Testing and Silencing System and Enclosure Alarms 94 Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware 97 Updating the Disk Drive Firmware 98 9 Monitoring Status and Activity Monitoring Options 103 Checking Status from the Main Window 103 Notifying Users by Event Log Message About Status and...117 Changing an Operating System's Event Log Setting 118 Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis 119 10 Updating and Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Updating Adaptec Storage Manager 125 Adding Enhanced Features 125 Setting Preferences and Changing Views 125 Managing Remote Systems 127 Working with ...
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... A Completing a Silent Windows Installation Completing a Silent Installation 150 Available Properties and Values 151 Example Command Line Installations 151 B Selecting the Best RAID Level Comparing RAID Levels 153 Understanding Drive Segments 153 Non-redundant Logical Drives (RAID 0 154 RAID 1 Logical Drives 155 RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives 155 RAID 10 Logical Drives 156 RAID 5 Logical Drives 157 RAID 5EE Logical Drives...
... A Completing a Silent Windows Installation Completing a Silent Installation 150 Available Properties and Values 151 Example Command Line Installations 151 B Selecting the Best RAID Level Comparing RAID Levels 153 Understanding Drive Segments 153 Non-redundant Logical Drives (RAID 0 154 RAID 1 Logical Drives 155 RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives 155 RAID 10 Logical Drives 156 RAID 5 Logical Drives 157 RAID 5EE Logical Drives...
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..., or if you install, start, and begin to use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and maintain all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in redundancy to protect your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers, disk drives, and enclosures. The Agent is a software ... chapter). D Step 2: Install Adaptec Storage Manager on that won 't require the user interface described in the background, without X-Windows installed or running, you can also use Adaptec Storage Manager. About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is also installed automatically...
..., or if you install, start, and begin to use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and maintain all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in redundancy to protect your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers, disk drives, and enclosures. The Agent is a software ... chapter). D Step 2: Install Adaptec Storage Manager on that won 't require the user interface described in the background, without X-Windows installed or running, you can also use Adaptec Storage Manager. About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is also installed automatically...
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... be used before an operating system is : ● Windows-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● Linux-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● UnixWare-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● OpenServer-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● Solaris-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● FreeBSD-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● VMWare-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers Note: For the most recent operating system support information...
... be used before an operating system is : ● Windows-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● Linux-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● UnixWare-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● OpenServer-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● Solaris-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● FreeBSD-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers ● VMWare-Up to 16 Adaptec controllers Note: For the most recent operating system support information...
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... will be part of your operating system, see Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD on different operating systems, and explains how to use Adaptec Storage Manager to install Adaptec Storage Manager on page 23. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 2 In this chapter... This chapter describes how to configure a RAID controller before you install your storage space.
... will be part of your operating system, see Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD on different operating systems, and explains how to use Adaptec Storage Manager to install Adaptec Storage Manager on page 23. Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 2 In this chapter... This chapter describes how to configure a RAID controller before you install your storage space.
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... click Next. 3 Select GUI and Agent. See System Requirements on systems running Windows. Then click Next. 4 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every Windows system that will be part of your Windows Control Panel. To install Adaptec Storage Manager: 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. For details on your operating system documentation. The...
... click Next. 3 Select GUI and Agent. See System Requirements on systems running Windows. Then click Next. 4 Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every Windows system that will be part of your Windows Control Panel. To install Adaptec Storage Manager: 1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD. For details on your operating system documentation. The...
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... described in Bootable-CD Mode This is a checklist of tasks to the Adaptec Storage Manager window and its features, see page 34). When you 're building your Adaptec RAID controller. Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD This section describes how to run Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD is only for instructions. Bootable-CD mode lets...
... described in Bootable-CD Mode This is a checklist of tasks to the Adaptec Storage Manager window and its features, see page 34). When you 're building your Adaptec RAID controller. Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD This section describes how to run Adaptec Storage Manager from the CD is only for instructions. Bootable-CD mode lets...
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... on your access to the storage space, as described in as Guest, click Cancel on the Login window. To log in Adaptec Storage Manager. Understanding Permission Levels When you full access to manage and modify the controllers, disk drives, and logical drives that are part of the local Administrators group, which can ... To...
... on your access to the storage space, as described in as Guest, click Cancel on the Login window. To log in Adaptec Storage Manager. Understanding Permission Levels When you full access to manage and modify the controllers, disk drives, and logical drives that are part of the local Administrators group, which can ... To...
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... LAN user name and password, then click Connect. (See Understanding Permission Levels on page 27 for more information.) 4 If Adaptec Storage Manager detects a new controller on the local system, the New Hardware Detected window opens. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 28 Starting and Logging In Note: You need root privileges to complete...
... LAN user name and password, then click Connect. (See Understanding Permission Levels on page 27 for more information.) 4 If Adaptec Storage Manager detects a new controller on the local system, the New Hardware Detected window opens. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 28 Starting and Logging In Note: You need root privileges to complete...
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... LAN user name and password, then click Connect. (See Understanding Permission Levels on page 27 for more information.) 4 If Adaptec Storage Manager detects a new controller on the local system, the New Hardware Detected window opens. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 29 Linux 1 Type the following command to change to complete the registration...
... LAN user name and password, then click Connect. (See Understanding Permission Levels on page 27 for more information.) 4 If Adaptec Storage Manager detects a new controller on the local system, the New Hardware Detected window opens. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 29 Linux 1 Type the following command to change to complete the registration...
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...test failed. (Click OK to clear the message.) Click OK to close the Advanced Statistics Manager window. Then close the Call Home connection settings window. Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Remote Systems on page 119 for more information.) Click Yes to enable statistics logging...later.) The Advanced Statistics Manager window opens and you to enable statistics logging on your system. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 30 Enabling Statistics Logging in Adaptec Storage Manager When you log in for the first time, Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you are ...
...test failed. (Click OK to clear the message.) Click OK to close the Advanced Statistics Manager window. Then close the Call Home connection settings window. Continue with Starting Adaptec Storage Manager on Remote Systems on page 119 for more information.) Click Yes to enable statistics logging...later.) The Advanced Statistics Manager window opens and you to enable statistics logging on your system. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 30 Enabling Statistics Logging in Adaptec Storage Manager When you log in for the first time, Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you are ...
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...Starting the Agent Only To start the full Adaptec Storage Manager application, follow the instructions for other tasks. (For more information about 'remote' systems, see page 32. To verify that the Agent is running: 1 Open the Windows Control Panel. 2 Double-click Administrative Tools, ...then double-click Services. 3 In the list of services, check that the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent is installed and running Windows, the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent starts automatically when the system is...
...Starting the Agent Only To start the full Adaptec Storage Manager application, follow the instructions for other tasks. (For more information about 'remote' systems, see page 32. To verify that the Agent is running: 1 Open the Windows Control Panel. 2 Double-click Administrative Tools, ...then double-click Services. 3 In the list of services, check that the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent is installed and running Windows, the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent starts automatically when the system is...
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... Manager or the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent (see Managing Remote Systems on all systems in your storage space, the next step is to log in to the Enterprise View. You can work with a remote system's controllers, disk drives, and logical drives as if they were part of connecting to remote ...system start the Agent, enter this command: sh /opt/RaidMan/RaidAgnt.sh When the Agent has started, a copyright message appears. The Add Managed System window opens. To log in your local system. Note: To have logged in to a remote system, it automatically appears in the Enterprise View each time ...
... Manager or the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent (see Managing Remote Systems on all systems in your storage space, the next step is to log in to the Enterprise View. You can work with a remote system's controllers, disk drives, and logical drives as if they were part of connecting to remote ...system start the Agent, enter this command: sh /opt/RaidMan/RaidAgnt.sh When the Agent has started, a copyright message appears. The Add Managed System window opens. To log in your local system. Note: To have logged in to a remote system, it automatically appears in the Enterprise View each time ...
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...events from the remote system after it off-line. The wizard simplifies the process of Adaptec Storage Manager. For more information. 6 If Adaptec Storage Manager detects a new controller on page 127. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 33 3 Enter ...the host name or TCP/IP address of Adaptec Storage Manager. See Understanding Permission Levels on page 27 for more information, see Managing Remote Systems on the local system, the New Hardware Detected window...
...events from the remote system after it off-line. The wizard simplifies the process of Adaptec Storage Manager. For more information. 6 If Adaptec Storage Manager detects a new controller on page 127. Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space ● 33 3 Enter ...the host name or TCP/IP address of Adaptec Storage Manager. See Understanding Permission Levels on page 27 for more information, see Managing Remote Systems on the local system, the New Hardware Detected window...
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...On the right side of disk drives. advanced RAID levels are listed first; Note: To build a RAID Volume, see page 73. To build a JBOD disk, see page 71. Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you want to select the correct number of the window, select the disk drives you to use in ...the logical drive. The most common RAID levels are available by clicking Advanced settings. Chapter 3: Building Your ...
...On the right side of disk drives. advanced RAID levels are listed first; Note: To build a RAID Volume, see page 73. To build a JBOD disk, see page 71. Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you want to select the correct number of the window, select the disk drives you to use in ...the logical drive. The most common RAID levels are available by clicking Advanced settings. Chapter 3: Building Your ...
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This example shows two logical drives with RAID 5 are ready to create on the controller. 12 Click Next, then review the logical drive settings. Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for each logical drive that you have available ...disk drives and want to be created. A magnifying glass means that the size of the logical drive is being built. The logical drive power timers window opens. Adaptec...
This example shows two logical drives with RAID 5 are ready to create on the controller. 12 Click Next, then review the logical drive settings. Note: Some operating systems have size limitations for each logical drive that you have available ...disk drives and want to be created. A magnifying glass means that the size of the logical drive is being built. The logical drive power timers window opens. Adaptec...
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...each logical drive you did not enable power management for each controller in this User's Guide, Part II: Monitoring and Modifying Your Storage Space, introduces the features of Adaptec Storage Manager, continue with Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager on page 43. The next section of this ... the user interface of Adaptec Storage Manager and describes how to 14 for any logical drive, Adaptec Storage Manager does not display the power timers window. 15 Repeat Steps 1 to protect, monitor, modify, and maintain your logical drives. The power timers control power usage by repeating ...
...each logical drive you did not enable power management for each controller in this User's Guide, Part II: Monitoring and Modifying Your Storage Space, introduces the features of Adaptec Storage Manager, continue with Exploring Adaptec Storage Manager on page 43. The next section of this ... the user interface of Adaptec Storage Manager and describes how to 14 for any logical drive, Adaptec Storage Manager does not display the power timers window. 15 Repeat Steps 1 to protect, monitor, modify, and maintain your logical drives. The power timers control power usage by repeating ...