Adaptec 4000 User Guide - Page 8

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

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Contents ● 8 Installing with UnixWare 53 Installing with VMware 53 Installing with FreeBSD 54 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System Before You Begin 56 Creating a Driver Disk 56 Installing on Windows 57 Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux 57 Installing on NetWare 57 Installing on OpenServer 58 Installing on Solaris 58 Installing on UnixWare 59 Installing on VMware 59 Installing on FreeBSD 60 Managing Your Storage Space About Adaptec Storage Manager 62 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 62 About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility 62 About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 63 About the Adaptec Flash Utility 63 Which Utility Should I Use 63 Solving Problems Troubleshooting Checklist 65 Silencing the Alarm 65 Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure 65 Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare 66 Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare 66 Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously 66 Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array 66 Multiple Failures in the Same Array 67 Resetting the Controller 67 Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI Terminology Used in This Chapter 69 What is SAS?...69 How Do SAS Devices Communicate 70 What's a Phy? ...70 What's a SAS Port 71 What's a SAS Address 71 What's a SAS Connector 71 What do SAS Cables Look Like 71 How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS 72 What are the SAS Connection Options 72

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Contents
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Installing with UnixWare
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53
Installing with VMware
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53
Installing with FreeBSD
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54
Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
Before You Begin
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56
Creating a Driver Disk
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56
Installing on Windows
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57
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux
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57
Installing on NetWare
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57
Installing on OpenServer
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58
Installing on Solaris
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58
Installing on UnixWare
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59
Installing on VMware
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59
Installing on FreeBSD
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60
Managing Your Storage Space
About Adaptec Storage Manager
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62
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
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62
About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility
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62
About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
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63
About the Adaptec Flash Utility
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63
Which Utility Should I Use?
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63
Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Checklist
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65
Silencing the Alarm
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65
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure
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65
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare
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66
Failed Disk Drive
Not
Protected by a Hot Spare
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66
Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously
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66
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array
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66
Multiple Failures in the Same Array
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67
Resetting the Controller
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67
Introduction to Serial Attached SCSI
Terminology Used in This Chapter
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69
What is SAS?
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69
How Do SAS Devices Communicate?
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70
What’s a Phy?
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70
What’s a SAS Port?
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71
What’s a SAS Address?
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What’s a SAS Connector?
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71
What do SAS Cables Look Like?
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71
How are Disk Drives Identified in SAS?
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72
What are the SAS Connection Options?
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