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