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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 ...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 ...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 storage...
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 storage...
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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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...bracket have a smooth or flat side and a raised side that the controller is installed on the front side of the controller, with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of bracket Figure 3 ! Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 44 To replace the full-height bracket with the mounting screws inserted... from the front of the controller, as shown in the Figure 1. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in to the controller board. Caution: The mount...
...bracket have a smooth or flat side and a raised side that the controller is installed on the front side of the controller, with Phillips screw driver Back of board Front of bracket Figure 3 ! Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 44 To replace the full-height bracket with the mounting screws inserted... from the front of the controller, as shown in the Figure 1. Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown in Figure 2, then set the screws aside for use in to the controller board. Caution: The mount...
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...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 controller has an external connector, you can complete a standard installation, where the...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 controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Basic Installation Steps This section describes...
...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 controller has an external connector, you can complete a standard installation, where the...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 controller and internal disk drives (see page 79). Basic Installation Steps This section describes...
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... the SSD(s) to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Connecting External Devices Note: If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Connecting External Devices on page 72. Use... high-quality cables to connect your controller to controller with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 53. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to ...
... the SSD(s) to the controller, as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. We recommend using only Adaptec cables. Connecting External Devices Note: If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Connecting External Devices on page 72. Use... high-quality cables to connect your controller to controller with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 53. Internal x4 mini-SAS connector To other SSDs Single-port connector SSD connected to ...
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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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... drive. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to automatically create one logical drive 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 make other changes to the configuration, click ...Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with the following section. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the...
... drive. Making Your Array Bootable Use the ACU to automatically create one logical drive 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 make other changes to the configuration, click ...Modify logical devices. 8 Click Apply, then click Yes when prompted to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with the following section. Chapter 6: Creating a Bootable Array ● 58 7 Review the...
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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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... 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, ... supported operating systems and to download the latest drivers. The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page...
... 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, ... supported operating systems and to download the latest drivers. The system creates the driver disk. 5 Remove and label the driver disk. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 60 Before You Begin ● Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page...
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...complete this task. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is found, press Enter. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to specify that the driver is found '. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to complete the installation. 8 Continue with ...restart the computer. 2 Follow the on page 79. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is on a floppy disk, then press Enter. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 61 Installing with Windows Note: You will load...
...complete this task. The computer reads the disk. 6 When the Adaptec driver is found, press Enter. 7 Follow the on-screen instructions to specify that the driver is found '. Note: With Adaptec Series 6 controllers, you are prompted to install a driver. 5 Press S to complete the installation. 8 Continue with ...restart the computer. 2 Follow the on page 79. Note: The 64-Bit driver is located within the AMD64 folder. 5 When the Adaptec driver is on a floppy disk, then press Enter. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 61 Installing with Windows Note: You will load...
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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 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. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the... instructions included with Managing Your Storage Space 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 You must have root privileges to set...
...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. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 63 8 Type the following the... instructions included with Managing Your Storage Space 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 You must have root privileges to set...
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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 your Debian operating system version (32-bit or ...64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. Do not reboot! d Copy the contents of the archive to the ...
.../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 your Debian operating system version (32-bit or ...64-bit), then extract the contents of the driver files. Do not reboot! d Copy the contents of the archive to the ...
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... DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. 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 appears, select...
... DVD: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom b Insert and mount a USB flash drive: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to the Linux driver directory on page 79. 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 appears, select...
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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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...Utility will need your computer. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions 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...You must have root privileges to complete this task. This task is not necessary if you can choose to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Instead, you are installing Solaris 10 Update...
...Utility will need your computer. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions 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...You must have root privileges to complete this task. This task is not necessary if you can choose to install the controller driver for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with your computer. 2 Interrupt the autoboot, press the ESC key. Instead, you are installing Solaris 10 Update...
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...on the machine where you install PowerCLI or start to create the custom boot image. To perform the installation, you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Note: In the following instructions, perform Steps 1-7 on your Windows build machine. Be sure to ... 5, you can choose to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image Builder. Note: You may see page 81. 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 install on your...
...on the machine where you install PowerCLI or start to create the custom boot image. To perform the installation, you are installing the driver with an Adaptec Series 2 or Series 5 controller. Note: In the following instructions, perform Steps 1-7 on your Windows build machine. Be sure to ... 5, you can choose to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image Builder. Note: You may see page 81. 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 install on your...
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... 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 ...PMC-CustomISO\vmware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512depot.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the temporary folder on your Windows build machine. c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\aacraid-esxi5.01.1.7.28400.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the...
... 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 ...PMC-CustomISO\vmware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512depot.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the temporary folder on your Windows build machine. c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\aacraid-esxi5.01.1.7.28400.zip where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the...