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Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 17 Getting Started Checklist Part I of this User's Guide includes five special Getting Started chapters to help you install, start, and begin to use Adaptec Storage Manager. D Step 1: Familiarize yourself with Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent (see the remainder of this chapter). D Step 2: Install Adaptec Storage Manager on every system that will be part of your storage space, then start Adaptec Storage Manager-or the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent only-on those systems (see page 23). D Step 3: Explore the features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see page 37). D Step 4: Build your storage space (see page 45). D Step 5: Optional-Customize Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent (see page 57). About Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager is a software application that helps you build a storage space for your online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers, disk drives, and enclosures. Your storage space can include direct-attached-or internal RAID-storage (the subject of this User's Guide) and external RAID storage. Note: For more information about using Adaptec Storage Manager to manage external RAID storage, such as an IPSAN, refer to the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. With Adaptec Storage Manager, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in redundancy to protect your data and improve system performance. You can also use Adaptec Storage Manager to monitor and manage all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in your storage space from a single location. About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on a system, the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent is also installed automatically. The Agent is like a service that keeps your storage space running. It's designed to run in the background, without user intervention, and its job is to monitor and manage system health, event notifications, tasks schedules, and other on-going processes on that system. It sends notices when tasks are completed successfully, and sounds an alarm when errors or failures occur on that system. The Agent uses less memory than the full application. If your storage space includes systems that won't be connected to monitors (and therefore won't require the user interface described in this User's Guide), you can choose to run the Agent only on those systems instead of the full application (see page 17). You may want to do this if system resources are limited, or if you want more system resources available for other tasks. Note: Linux or Unix users only-If your storage space includes systems without X-Windows installed or running, you can run the Agent, even though you can't run the full Adaptec Storage Manager application. You can manage and monitor systems running the Agent only by logging into them as remote systems (see page 58). You can also customize the Agent settings to suit your storage space requirements (see page 62).

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Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager
●
17
Getting Started Checklist
Part I of this
User’s Guide
includes five special Getting Started chapters to help you install, start,
and begin to use Adaptec Storage Manager.
Step 1:
Familiarize yourself with Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage
Manager Agent (see the remainder of this chapter).
Step 2:
Install Adaptec Storage Manager on every system that will be part of your storage
space, then start Adaptec Storage Manager—or the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent
only—on those systems (see
page 23
).
Step 3:
Explore the features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see
page 37
).
Step 4:
Build your storage space (see
page 45
).
Step 5:
Optional
—Customize Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager
Agent (see
page 57
).
About Adaptec Storage Manager
Adaptec Storage Manager is a software application that helps you build a storage space for your
online data, using Adaptec RAID controllers, disk drives, and enclosures. Your storage space
can include direct-attached—or
internal RAID
—storage (the subject of this
User’s Guide
) and
external RAID storage.
Note:
For more information about using Adaptec Storage Manager to manage external RAID
storage, such as an IPSAN, refer to the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com
.
With Adaptec Storage Manager, you can group disk drives into logical drives and build in
redundancy to protect your data and improve system performance. You can also use Adaptec
Storage Manager to monitor and manage all the controllers, enclosures, and disk drives in your
storage space from a single location.
About the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent
When Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on a system, the
Adaptec Storage Manager Agent
is
also installed automatically. The Agent is like a service that keeps your storage space running.
It’s designed to run in the background, without user intervention, and its job is to monitor and
manage system health, event notifications, tasks schedules, and other on-going processes on
that system. It sends notices when tasks are completed successfully, and sounds an alarm when
errors or failures occur on that system.
The Agent uses less memory than the full application. If your storage space includes systems
that won’t be connected to monitors (and therefore won’t require the user interface described
in this
User’s Guide
), you can choose to run the
Agent only
on those systems instead of the full
application (see
page 17
). You may want to do this if system resources are limited, or if you
want more system resources available for other tasks.
Note:
Linux or Unix users only—If your storage space includes systems without X-Windows installed or
running, you can run the Agent, even though you can’t run the full Adaptec Storage Manager application.
You can manage and monitor systems running the Agent only by logging into them as remote
systems (see
page 58
).
You can also customize the Agent settings to suit your storage space requirements (see
page 62
).