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Installing the HostRAID Controller
and Disk Drives
Before You Begin...............................................................................................23
Installing the HostRAID Controller.................................................................23
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers.............................. 24
Checking Your Controller and Devices........................................................... 24
Determining the Boot Controller.....................................................................24
Next Steps.......................................................................................................... 24
Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller ..............................................................................26
Creating an Array.............................................................................................. 26
Creating an Array with the ACU...................................................................... 26
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager..........................................27
Making Your Array Bootable........................................................................... 28
Installing the Driver and
an Operating System
Before You Begin...............................................................................................30
Creating a Driver Disk...................................................................................... 30
Installing with Windows...................................................................................30
Installing with Red Hat Linux.......................................................................... 31
Installing with SUSE Linux...............................................................................31
Installing with NetWare....................................................................................32
Installing the Driver on an
Existing Operating System
Before You Begin...............................................................................................34
Creating a Driver Disk...................................................................................... 34
Installing on Windows......................................................................................34
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux.............................................................. 35
Installing on NetWare.......................................................................................35
Managing Your Storage Space
About Adaptec Storage Manager .....................................................................37
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager................................................................ 37
About the HRCONF Command Line Utility.................................................. 37
About the ARC Utility...................................................................................... 38
About the AFU.................................................................................................. 38
Which Utility Should I Use?............................................................................. 38