Adaptec ATA II 1220SA Installation And User Manual page 7

Installing the HostRAID Controller
and Disk Drives
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 23
Installing the HostRAID Controller................................................................. 23
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA HostRAID Controllers.............................. 24
Checking Your Controller and Devices ........................................................... 24
Determining the Boot Controller..................................................................... 24
Next Steps .......................................................................................................... 24
Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller .............................................................................. 26
Creating an Array.............................................................................................. 26
Creating an Array with the ACU...................................................................... 26
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager.......................................... 27
Making Your Array Bootable ........................................................................... 28
Installing the Driver and
an Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 30
Creating a Driver Disk ...................................................................................... 30
Installing with Windows................................................................................... 30
Installing with Red Hat Linux .......................................................................... 31
Installing with SUSE Linux............................................................................... 31
Installing with NetWare.................................................................................... 32
Installing the Driver on an
Existing Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 34
Creating a Driver Disk ...................................................................................... 34
Installing on Windows...................................................................................... 34
Installing on Red Hat or SUSE Linux .............................................................. 35
Installing on NetWare....................................................................................... 35
Managing Your Storage Space
About Adaptec Storage Manager ..................................................................... 37
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager ................................................................ 37
About the HRCONF Command Line Utility .................................................. 37
About the ARC Utility ...................................................................................... 38
About the AFU .................................................................................................. 38
Which Utility Should I Use? ............................................................................. 38
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