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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 Disk Drives 42 ...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 ...
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 Disk Drives 42 ...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 ...
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... 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 Utility...
... 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 Utility...
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...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:... 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.
...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:... 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.
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... installation option you can complete a standard installation, where the controller driver is installed on an existing operating system. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 45 Installation Options When you install your Adaptec RAID controller, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install... your operating system and the controller driver on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and ...
... installation option you can complete a standard installation, where the controller driver is installed on an existing operating system. Chapter 4: Getting Started ● 45 Installation Options When you install your Adaptec RAID controller, you can choose to create a bootable array and then install... your operating system and the controller driver on an Existing Operating System 1 Install and connect your controller and ...
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... Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a physical disk drive on your operating system. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 106). The configuration is displayed. The logical... drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and ...
... Array ● 58 7 Review the information that is saved on the Adaptec controller (as a physical disk drive on your operating system. Adaptec Storage Manager builds the logical drive. Then continue with Installing the Driver and an Operating System on page 106). The configuration is displayed. The logical... drive you can use them to store data. 10 Close all windows, then click Reboot to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help. 12 Continue with RAID 5 and ...
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... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... 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). To install the...
... an Operating System 7 In this chapter... 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). To install the...
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...version. 4 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. 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, then select your operating system: ● ..., you must use a USB flash drive ("USB stick") or a writable CD. 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 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54). ...
...version. 4 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK. 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, then select your operating system: ● ..., you must use a USB flash drive ("USB stick") or a writable CD. 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 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54). ...
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...appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart ...installation. 3 When prompted to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista 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 ...
...appears at the bottom of the screen for Windows, select Load Driver. 4 Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, browse to the driver location, then click OK. Installing with Windows Server 2003 To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing Windows: 1 Insert your Windows CD, then restart ...installation. 3 When prompted to install a third-party driver, press F6. Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista 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 ...
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... System ● 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 Note: You will need your Red Hat 5 Installation CD to complete this task. 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 Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type.... When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the shell. 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 Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD ...
... System ● 62 Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 Note: You will need your Red Hat 5 Installation CD to complete this task. 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 Red Hat Welcome screen appears, type.... When prompted to reboot the system, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to the shell. 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 Red Hat 6 or Fedora Installation CD ...
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...You must have root privileges to the installation screen, finish the installation, then reboot. 10 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 Debian Installation CD and a USB flash drive......then press CTRL+ALT+F7 to return to indicate the use of SuSE; 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 Back. 7 Complete the Linux ...
...You must have root privileges to the installation screen, finish the installation, then reboot. 10 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 Debian Installation CD and a USB flash drive......then press CTRL+ALT+F7 to return to indicate the use of SuSE; 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 Back. 7 Complete the Linux ...
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... 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: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to a temporary location. d Copy ...
... 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: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/aacraid-driver c Change to a temporary location. d Copy ...
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... your operating system. Note: Use whatever tool you can create a driver disk by burning a CD with the aac_solaris-x86.iso file, available on the Adaptec Installation DVD. 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...
... your operating system. Note: Use whatever tool you can create a driver disk by burning a CD with the aac_solaris-x86.iso file, available on the Adaptec Installation DVD. 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...
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... For information about creating and managing arrays under VMware, see a warning that the controller driver is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you install PowerCLI or start to build the custom boot image-and ... image. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for example, VMware-PowerCLI-5.0.0-374833.exe). 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 computer, then remove the...
... For information about creating and managing arrays under VMware, see a warning that the controller driver is not certified by VMware (no signature attached). To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5, you install PowerCLI or start to build the custom boot image-and ... image. You must create a custom boot image using the in component for example, VMware-PowerCLI-5.0.0-374833.exe). 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 computer, then remove the...
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...the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing FreeBSD: 1 Insert the FreeBSD Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the FreeBSD start screen opens, select 6 to escape to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk. 6 Type this command: load disk0:aacu.ko Note: If the driver ...fails to complete this task. Note: To avoid loading the driver each time you boot, follow the instructions on an existing FreeBSD installation...
...the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing FreeBSD: 1 Insert the FreeBSD Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the FreeBSD start screen opens, select 6 to escape to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk. 6 Type this command: load disk0:aacu.ko Note: If the driver ...fails to complete this task. Note: To avoid loading the driver each time you boot, follow the instructions on an existing FreeBSD installation...
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Before You Begin ...73 Creating a Driver Disk ...73 Installing on Windows ...74 Installing on Red Hat, SuSE, or Fedora Linux 74 Installing on Debian Linux ...75 Installing on Ubuntu Linux 75 Installing on Solaris...76 Installing on VMware...76 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...78 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 59.
Before You Begin ...73 Creating a Driver Disk ...73 Installing on Windows ...74 Installing on Red Hat, SuSE, or Fedora Linux 74 Installing on Debian Linux ...75 Installing on Ubuntu Linux 75 Installing on Solaris...76 Installing on VMware...76 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...78 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 59.
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... and label the driver disk. Creating a Driver Disk This section describes how to create a driver disk for most supported operating systems. You will need a floppy disk to your computer documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the Adaptec Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal...
... and label the driver disk. Creating a Driver Disk This section describes how to create a driver disk for most supported operating systems. You will need a floppy disk to your computer documentation.) 2 Turn on your computer, then insert the Adaptec Installation DVD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Click Create Diskette, then select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal...
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This chapter introduces Adaptec Storage Manager, and describes the other devices), and device driver, you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller, disk drives (or other utilities included with your storage space. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter... About 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 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller.
This chapter introduces Adaptec Storage Manager, and describes the other devices), and device driver, you have installed your Adaptec RAID controller, disk drives (or other utilities included with your storage space. Managing Your Storage Space 9 In this chapter... About 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 Once you can begin to build and manage your Adaptec RAID controller.
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...drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller is installed in a different compatible expansion slot. (See page 47 for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ...PCIe expansion slot. This table describes the LED flash states. Silencing the Alarm If your disk drives, refer to monitor your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 84 Troubleshooting ...
...drives from the Adaptec RAID controller. ● Check that your Adaptec RAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCIe expansion slot. ● If your Adaptec RAID controller is installed in a different compatible expansion slot. (See page 47 for instructions.) ● Did the driver install correctly? ...PCIe expansion slot. This table describes the LED flash states. Silencing the Alarm If your disk drives, refer to monitor your Adaptec RAID controller includes an alarm, the alarm will sound when an error occurs. Chapter 10: Solving Problems ● 84 Troubleshooting ...
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... contact your support representative. For information about HDA mode, see the Readme on which disk drives fail. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. You may want to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced. To locate ...failed SSD, for example, C:\Download\Drivers). Note: Mode 0 flash is unsuccessful. You can 't be recovered. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to recover the data by forcing the logical drive online or by a Hot Spare. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware ...
... contact your support representative. For information about HDA mode, see the Readme on which disk drives fail. Then, restore your Adaptec RAID controller. You may want to its original location once the controller detects that the failed drive has been replaced. To locate ...failed SSD, for example, C:\Download\Drivers). Note: Mode 0 flash is unsuccessful. You can 't be recovered. Resetting the Controller This section explains how to recover the data by forcing the logical drive online or by a Hot Spare. To reset your Adaptec RAID controller: 1 Download the firmware ...
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... drives to 00:00. To set the backplane mode explicitly select SGPIO, I2C, or Disabled. Note: Make sure the operating system driver supports power management. By default, it is Dynamic. By default it is set to 00:00. In the default setting, all the...the backplane mode explicitly, select IBPI, SGPIO, or Disabled. When set to OLTP/ Db, performance criteria is 00:00 to 0. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 112 Option Description Backplane Mode ● Series 2, Series 5, Series 6 Controllers: When set to IBPI. Power Management Settings Note:...
... drives to 00:00. To set the backplane mode explicitly select SGPIO, I2C, or Disabled. Note: Make sure the operating system driver supports power management. By default, it is Dynamic. By default it is set to 00:00. In the default setting, all the...the backplane mode explicitly, select IBPI, SGPIO, or Disabled. When set to OLTP/ Db, performance criteria is 00:00 to 0. Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 112 Option Description Backplane Mode ● Series 2, Series 5, Series 6 Controllers: When set to IBPI. Power Management Settings Note:...