Adaptec 3405 User Guide - Page 8

Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System, Managing Your Storage Space, Solving Problems

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Contents ● 8 Installing with VMware 61 Installing with FreeBSD 61 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 63 Creating a Driver Disk 63 Installing on Windows 64 Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP 64 Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 64 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 64 Installing on OpenServer 65 Installing on UnixWare 65 Installing on Solaris 65 Installing on VMware 66 Installing on FreeBSD 66 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 68 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 68 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 68 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 69 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 69 Which Utility Should I Use 69 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 71 Monitoring Disk Drives Status 71 Silencing the Alarm 71 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 72 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 72 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 72 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 72 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 73 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 73 Failed Drive in MaxIQ Pool 73 Resetting the Controller 73 Introduction to SAS Terminology Used in This Chapter 76 What is SAS?...76 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 77 What's a Phy? ...77 What's a SAS Port 78 What's a SAS Address 78 What's a SAS Connector 78 What do SAS Cables Look Like 78

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Contents
8
Installing with VMware
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61
Installing with FreeBSD
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61
Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
Before You Begin
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63
Creating a Driver Disk
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63
Installing on Windows
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64
Installing on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
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64
Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 64
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux
..............................................................
64
Installing on OpenServer
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65
Installing on UnixWare
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65
Installing on Solaris
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65
Installing on VMware
.......................................................................................
66
Installing on FreeBSD
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66
Managing Your Storage Space
About Adaptec Storage Manager
.....................................................................
68
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
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68
About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility
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68
About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
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69
About the Adaptec Flash Utility
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69
Which Utility Should I Use?
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69
Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Checklist
...............................................................................
71
Monitoring Disk Drives Status
.........................................................................
71
Silencing the Alarm
...........................................................................................
71
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure
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72
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare
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72
Failed Disk Drive
Not
Protected by a Hot Spare
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72
Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously
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72
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array
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73
Multiple Failures in the Same Array
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73
Failed Drive in MaxIQ Pool
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73
Resetting the Controller
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73
Introduction to SAS
Terminology Used in This Chapter
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76
What is SAS?
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76
How Do SAS Devices Communicate?
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77
What’s a Phy?
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77
What’s a SAS Port?
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78
What’s a SAS Address?
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78
What’s a SAS Connector?
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78
What do SAS Cables Look Like?
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78