Installation Options; Basic Installation Steps; Installing With An Operating System - Adaptec 44300 Installation And User Manual

Depending on your requirements, you can use any of these cables:
Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec SAS cables. For more information or to purchase
cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.

Installation Options

When you install your HostRAID controller, you can choose to create a bootable array and
then install your operating system and the controller driver on that array.
Alternatively, you can complete a standard installation, where the controller driver is installed
on an existing operating system.

Basic Installation Steps

This section describes the installation process. Follow the steps for the installation option
you've chosen.

Installing with an Operating System

Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see
1
Set the boot controller (see
2
Create a bootable array (see
3
Install your operating system and the driver (see
4
Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see
5
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