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Contents ● 8 Installing with VMware 61 Installing with FreeBSD 61 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 63 Creating a Driver Disk 63 Installing on Windows 64 ... on UnixWare 65 Installing on Solaris 65 Installing on VMware 66 Installing on FreeBSD 66 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Solving...
Contents ● 8 Installing with VMware 61 Installing with FreeBSD 61 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 63 Creating a Driver Disk 63 Installing on Windows 64 ... on UnixWare 65 Installing on Solaris 65 Installing on VMware 66 Installing on FreeBSD 66 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Solving...
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...x64 U4 ● VMware ESX Server 3.x with SP1, SP2, or SP3) ● Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4.8, 5.4 ● SUSE Linux ES 10 SP3, SUSE Linux ES 11 (5-series and 2-series controllers only) Note: For the latest on the RAID Controller Installation CD for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ... Windows 7, Windows VistaTM (with SP1 or SP2), Windows XP (with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (5-series and 2- and 2-series). series controllers only). For up-to the Readme file on Adaptec's support of Linux or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of RAM Storage management must...
...x64 U4 ● VMware ESX Server 3.x with SP1, SP2, or SP3) ● Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4.8, 5.4 ● SUSE Linux ES 10 SP3, SUSE Linux ES 11 (5-series and 2-series controllers only) Note: For the latest on the RAID Controller Installation CD for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ... Windows 7, Windows VistaTM (with SP1 or SP2), Windows XP (with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (5-series and 2- and 2-series). series controllers only). For up-to the Readme file on Adaptec's support of Linux or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of RAM Storage management must...
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To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 51). Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Before You Begin ...57 Creating a Driver Disk ...57 Installing with Windows ...58 Installing with Red Hat Linux 59 Installing with SUSE Linux...59 Installing with OpenServer ...59 Installing with UnixWare ...60 Installing with Solaris...60 Installing with VMware ...61 Installing with FreeBSD ...61 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 62.
To install the driver on an existing operating system, see page 51). Installing the Driver and an Operating System 7 In this chapter... Before You Begin ...57 Creating a Driver Disk ...57 Installing with Windows ...58 Installing with Red Hat Linux 59 Installing with SUSE Linux...59 Installing with OpenServer ...59 Installing with UnixWare ...60 Installing with Solaris...60 Installing with VMware ...61 Installing with FreeBSD ...61 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array (see page 62.
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...see page 59. ● For OpenServer, see page 59. ● For UnixWare, see page 60. ● For Solaris, see page 60 ● For VMware, see page 61. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to download the latest drivers....CD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: Linux only-If prompted, select your operating system. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 57 ...
...see page 59. ● For OpenServer, see page 59. ● For UnixWare, see page 60. ● For Solaris, see page 60 ● For VMware, see page 61. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Creating a Driver Disk Note: You will need a floppy disk to download the latest drivers....CD included in your RAID controller kit. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions to get to -date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. Note: Linux only-If prompted, select your operating system. Chapter 7: Installing the Driver and an Operating System ● 57 ...
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...floppy disk drive. To install the driver when installing FreeBSD: 1 Insert the FreeBSD Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 Follow the on VMware. To create and manage arrays, you boot the operating system to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk....CD to begin the VMware installation. To install the driver when installing VMware: 1 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the FreeBSD start screen opens, select 6 to escape to load the drivers again for more information. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is...
...floppy disk drive. To install the driver when installing FreeBSD: 1 Insert the FreeBSD Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 Follow the on VMware. To create and manage arrays, you boot the operating system to loader prompt. 4 Type load kernel. 5 Insert the driver floppy disk....CD to begin the VMware installation. To install the driver when installing VMware: 1 Insert the VMware Installation CD. 2 Restart your computer. 3 When the FreeBSD start screen opens, select 6 to escape to load the drivers again for more information. Note: Currently, the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI is...
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Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...66 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Before You Begin ...63 Creating a Driver Disk ...63 Installing on Windows ...64 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 64 Installing on OpenServer ...65 Installing on UnixWare ...65 Installing on Solaris...65 Installing on VMware...66 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 56.
Installing the Driver on FreeBSD ...66 This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver. Before You Begin ...63 Creating a Driver Disk ...63 Installing on Windows ...64 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 64 Installing on OpenServer ...65 Installing on UnixWare ...65 Installing on Solaris...65 Installing on VMware...66 Installing on an Existing Operating System 8 In this chapter... Note: To install the driver while you're installing an operating system, see page 56.
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.... 7 Continue with the instructions for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating system. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on -screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 64. ● For Red Hat or SUSE Linux,... see page 64. ● For OpenServer, see page 65. ● For UnixWare, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 65. ● For VMware, see page 66. ● For FreeBSD, see page 43). You must also create a driver disk before you begin installing the controller driver.
.... 7 Continue with the instructions for Installing/Updating your OS, then select your operating system. Chapter 8: Installing the Driver on -screen instructions to get to the Adaptec Start Menu. 4 Click Create Driver Disk(s) for your operating system: ● For Windows, see page 64. ● For Red Hat or SUSE Linux,... see page 64. ● For OpenServer, see page 65. ● For UnixWare, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 65. ● For VMware, see page 66. ● For FreeBSD, see page 43). You must also create a driver disk before you begin installing the controller driver.
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..., then remove the driver disk. Installing on page 67. To install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module RPM...: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586.rpm Note: The rpm version string may differ for your VMware distribution. 4 Follow the...
..., then remove the driver disk. Installing on page 67. To install the driver on VMware: 1 Start your computer, then insert the driver disk. 2 At the console screen of the VMware server, mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation CD: mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 3 Install the module RPM...: rpm -i --force VMware-3.5-64607-esx-drivers-scsi-aacraid-1.1.5-2457.i586.rpm Note: The rpm version string may differ for your VMware distribution. 4 Follow the...
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... to 66 drivers installing on FreeBSD 66 installing on Linux 64 installing on OpenServer 65 installing on Solaris 65 installing on UnixWare 65 installing on VMWare 66 installing on Windows 64 installing with FreeBSD 61 installing with Linux 59 installing with OpenServer 59 installing with UnixWare 60 installing with...
... to 66 drivers installing on FreeBSD 66 installing on Linux 64 installing on OpenServer 65 installing on Solaris 65 installing on UnixWare 65 installing on VMWare 66 installing on Windows 64 installing with FreeBSD 61 installing with Linux 59 installing with OpenServer 59 installing with UnixWare 60 installing with...
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... to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and Linux 59 driver and OpenServer 59 driver and operating system 56 driver and UnixWare 60 driver and VMWare 61 driver and Windows 58 existing operating system 42 external devices 50 installation options 41 solid state drives 48 to 50 with operating system 42...
... to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and Linux 59 driver and OpenServer 59 driver and operating system 56 driver and UnixWare 60 driver and VMWare 61 driver and Windows 58 existing operating system 42 external devices 50 installation options 41 solid state drives 48 to 50 with operating system 42...
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U UnixWare driver installation 65 OS installation 60 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 69 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 V verifying disk drives 99 VMWare driver installation 66 OS installation 61 W Windows driver installation 64 OS installation 58 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 44, 45 zero maintenance module (ZMM) 45 Index ● 157
U UnixWare driver installation 65 OS installation 60 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 69 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 V verifying disk drives 99 VMWare driver installation 66 OS installation 61 W Windows driver installation 64 OS installation 58 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 44, 45 zero maintenance module (ZMM) 45 Index ● 157