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Installing the HostRAID Controller
and Disk Drives
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 24
Installing the HostRAID Controller................................................................. 24
Connecting Disk Drives to HostRAID Controllers......................................... 25
Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller.................................... 25
Connecting to a System Backplane............................................................ 26
Installing the Controller to a SAS Expander .............................................27
Next Steps.......................................................................................................... 27
Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller ..............................................................................29
Creating an Array.............................................................................................. 29
Creating an Array with the ACU...................................................................... 29
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager.......................................... 30
Making Your Array Bootable ...........................................................................31
Installing the Driver and
an Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 33
Creating a Driver Disk...................................................................................... 33
Installing with Windows................................................................................... 33
Installing with Red Hat Linux.......................................................................... 34
Installing with SuSE Linux ...............................................................................34
Installing with NetWare....................................................................................35
Installing with SCO OpenServer...................................................................... 36
Installing the Driver on an
Existing Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 38
Creating a Driver Disk...................................................................................... 38
Installing on Windows...................................................................................... 38
Installing on Red Hat or SuSE Linux............................................................... 39
Installing on NetWare.......................................................................................39
Installing with SCO OpenServer...................................................................... 40
Managing Your Storage Space
About Adaptec Storage Manager .....................................................................42
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager ................................................................42
About the HRCONF Command Line Utility.................................................. 42
About the ARC Utility ......................................................................................43
About the AFU.................................................................................................. 43
Which Utility Should I Use?............................................................................. 43