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Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 16 Getting Started Checklist Part I of this 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 computer that will be part of your storage space, then start Adaptec Storage Manager-or the Adaptec Storage Manager agent only-on those computers (see page 22). D Step 3: Explore the features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see page 33). D Step 4: Build your storage space (see page 39). D Step 5: Optional-Customize Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager agent (see page 50). 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 and disk drives. 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 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 computer, 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 Guide), you can choose to run the agent only on those systems instead of the full application (see page 16). You may want to do this if system resources are limited, or if you want more system resources available for other tasks. You can manage and monitor systems running the agent only by logging into them as remote systems (see page 51). You can also customize the agent settings to suit your storage space requirements (see page 56).

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Getting Started Step 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager
●
16
Getting Started Checklist
Part I of this
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 computer that will be part of your
storage space, then start Adaptec Storage Manager—or the Adaptec Storage Manager agent
only—on those computers (see
page 22
).
Step 3:
Explore the features of Adaptec Storage Manager (see
page 33
).
Step 4:
Build your storage space (see
page 39
).
Step 5:
Optional
—Customize Adaptec Storage Manager and the Adaptec Storage Manager
agent (see
page 50
).
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 and disk drives. 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 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 computer, 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
Guide
), you can choose to run the
agent only
on those systems instead of the full
application (see
page 16
). You may want to do this if system resources are limited, or if you
want more system resources available for other tasks.
You can manage and monitor systems running the agent only by logging into them as remote
systems (see
page 51
).
You can also customize the agent settings to suit your storage space requirements (see
page 56
).