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Disk Drives for SCSI Controllers............................................................... 27
Selecting Cables................................................................................................. 28
SAS Cables................................................................................................... 28
SATA Cables................................................................................................29
SCSI Cables .................................................................................................29
Installation Options.......................................................................................... 30
Basic Installation Steps......................................................................................30
Installing with an Operating System..........................................................30
Installing on an Existing Operating System.............................................. 30
Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
Before You Begin...............................................................................................32
Installing the Controller................................................................................... 32
Connecting Disk Drives to SAS RAID Controllers......................................... 33
Connecting Directly to the Controller.......................................................33
Connecting to a System Backplane............................................................ 34
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA RAID Controllers...................................... 35
Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers........................................35
Connecting External Devices............................................................................35
Next Steps....................................................................................................36
Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec Storage Manager................................36
Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller ..............................................................................38
Creating an Array.............................................................................................. 38
Creating an Array with the ACU ...............................................................38
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager ...................................40
Making Your Array Bootable........................................................................... 41
Installing the Driver and an Operating System
Before You Begin...............................................................................................43
Creating a Driver Disk...................................................................................... 43
Installing with Windows...................................................................................44
Installing with Red Hat Linux.......................................................................... 44
Installing with SUSE Linux...............................................................................45
Installing with NetWare....................................................................................45
Installing with OpenServer............................................................................... 46
Installing with Solaris........................................................................................46
Installing with UnixWare................................................................................. 47
Installing with VMWare................................................................................... 47
Installing with FreeBSD.................................................................................... 47