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... with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris 67 Installing with 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 ... 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...
... with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 Installing with Solaris 67 Installing with 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 ... 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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...; Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer 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 management options vary, depending on your controller, visit... the Adaptec Web site at least 800 x 600 For more information, see the descriptions starting on page 17) ● 20...
...; Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer 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 management options vary, depending on your controller, visit... the Adaptec Web site at least 800 x 600 For more information, see the descriptions starting on page 17) ● 20...
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......63 Installing with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 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).
......63 Installing with Debian Linux 63 Installing with Ubuntu Linux 65 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).
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...to download the latest drivers. For other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the driver disk manually. Select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54). ● Create a driver disk (see ...; For Ubuntu Linux, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to fit on a floppy disk,...
...to download the latest drivers. For other operating systems, including VMware, Debian Linux, and Ubuntu Linux, you must create the driver disk manually. Select your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see page 46). ● Create a bootable array (see page 54). ● Create a driver disk (see ...; For Ubuntu Linux, see page 65. ● For Solaris, see page 67. ● For VMware ESX 4, see page 67. ● For VMware ESXi 5, see page 68. ● For FreeBSD, see the following section). Continue with these OSs, the driver is too large to fit on a floppy disk,...
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... and Microsoft .NET 2.0, before you are installing the driver with VMware ESXi 5, you can choose to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image Builder. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed...not certified by VMware (no signature attached). You must create a custom boot image using the in component for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following the on Microsoft PowerShell. Note: PowerShell is complete, if required. You can download ...
... and Microsoft .NET 2.0, before you are installing the driver with VMware ESXi 5, you can choose to install VMware ESXi 5 using the VMware Image Builder. To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver when installing VMware ESXi 5: 1 Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed...not certified by VMware (no signature attached). You must create a custom boot image using the in component for an Adaptec Series 6 controller with VMware ESXi 5 Note: Use the following the on Microsoft PowerShell. Note: PowerShell is complete, if required. You can download ...
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... this message. You can 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 choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO...
... this message. You can 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 choose "ESXi Offline Bundle". c Add the AACRAID driver binary as a software depot: # Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO...
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... to the new image profile: # Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid j Export the custom ISO image: # Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -FilePath C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\ESXi5.0-PMC-Sierra-Series... the -CloneProfile option: # New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -Name "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" g Change the vendor and acceptance level of the new image profile: # Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -vendor PMC-Sierra -AcceptanceLevel communitysupported h...
... to the new image profile: # Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid j Export the custom ISO image: # Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -FilePath C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\ESXi5.0-PMC-Sierra-Series... the -CloneProfile option: # New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -Name "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" g Change the vendor and acceptance level of the new image profile: # Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 6" -vendor PMC-Sierra -AcceptanceLevel communitysupported h...
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...: 1 Start your computer. 2 (Solaris 10 only) Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in a terminal window . Note: To copy the driver VIB file to the VMware ESX/ESXi server (in this section to install a new driver before you remove the pre-existing... Adaptec driver. If an Adaptec driver is the full name of the driver package. (list driver packages) (remove package) ...
...: 1 Start your computer. 2 (Solaris 10 only) Check for any pre-existing Adaptec driver by performing a pkginfo SUNWaac in a terminal window . Note: To copy the driver VIB file to the VMware ESX/ESXi server (in this section to install a new driver before you remove the pre-existing... Adaptec driver. If an Adaptec driver is the full name of the driver package. (list driver packages) (remove package) ...
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... --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 4: esxupdate -b /tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib --nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib install -f -v file:/tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsiaacraid-500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165.x86_64....vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 4: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 5: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165....
... --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 4: esxupdate -b /tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib --nodeps --nosigcheck --maintenancemode update VMware ESXi 5: esxcli software vib install -f -v file:/tmp/aacraid/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsiaacraid-500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165.x86_64....vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 4: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid-400.4.1.7.283001.0.4.260247.x86_64.vib root@:/tmp/aacraid VMware ESXi 5: scp /mnt/cdrom/linux/driver/vmware-esxi-drivers-scsi-aacraid500.5.1.7.28300.-1.0.5.406165....
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... Guide and the Command Line Utility User's Guide, included on the installation DVD. ● On VMware ESXi 5.0 and VMware ESXi 4.1 systems: ● You can install the Adaptec CIM Provider on the VMware ESXi system, then from a Windows or Linux Guest OS, you can install Remote ARCCONF-a version of the ...command line utility designed specifically for VMware ESXi. ● After you install Remote ARCCONF, you can configure and manage ...
... Guide and the Command Line Utility User's Guide, included on the installation DVD. ● On VMware ESXi 5.0 and VMware ESXi 4.1 systems: ● You can install the Adaptec CIM Provider on the VMware ESXi system, then from a Windows or Linux Guest OS, you can install Remote ARCCONF-a version of the ...command line utility designed specifically for VMware ESXi. ● After you install Remote ARCCONF, you can configure and manage ...