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Installing the Controller and Drives
Installing the Controller and Drives
To install Adaptec RAID controller and drives:
1If you have a low-profile controller and a low-profile computer
cabinet, replace the original full-height bracket with the low-
profile bracket supplied in Adaptec RAID controller kit. To
verify the form factor of your controller model, see Controller
Features on page1-5.
2Turn off your computer.
3Ground yourself by touching the system chassis.
4Unplug the power cord.
5Open the system cabinet.
6Select an available PCI slot as follows:
–Adaptec 2020ZCR—Use only a 3.3-V, ZCR-enabled slot.
–All other adapters—Use any PCI slot. You’ll get better
performance if you use a 64-bit slot.
7Remove the slot cover from an available PCI bus slot.
8Install the controller in the PCI slot and secure the controller
bracket to the chassis.
9Connect the computer’s disk activity LED cable to the
appropriate connector on the controller. See AppendixG for the
location of this connector for your controller.
Ensure that the positive lead of the LED cable, usually a red
wire or a wire mar ked with a re d stripe, is a ttached to p in 1 and
the negative lead, usually a black wire, is attached to pin2.
10 Install and connect any internal drives using the appropriate
cable.
Note: If you are intending to build a RAID 5 as described in
Creating a Bootable RAID5 Array on page 2-4, install at least
three drives.
11 Close the computer cabinet.
12 SCSI controllers only—Connect any external cables and drives to
the Adaptec SCSI RAID controller.