Contents
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Installing the HostRAID Controller
and Disk Drives
Before You Begin
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25
Installing the HostRAID Controller
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25
Connecting Disk Drives to HostRAID Controllers
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26
Connecting Directly to the HostRAID Controller
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26
Connecting to a System Backplane
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27
Installing the Controller to a SAS Expander
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28
Next Steps
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28
Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller
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30
Creating an Array
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30
Creating an Array with the ACU
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30
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager
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31
Making Your Array Bootable
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32
Installing the Driver and
an Operating System
Before You Begin
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34
Creating a Driver Disk
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34
Installing with Windows
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34
Installing with Red Hat Linux
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35
Installing with SuSE Linux
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35
Installing with NetWare
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36
Installing the Driver on an
Existing Operating System
Before You Begin
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38
Creating a Driver Disk
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38
Installing on Windows
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38
Installing on Red Hat or SuSE Linux
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39
Installing on NetWare
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39
Managing Your Storage Space
About Adaptec Storage Manager
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41
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
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41
About the HRCONF Command Line Utility
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41
About the ARC Utility
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42
About the AFU
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42
Which Utility Should I Use?
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42