Adaptec iSA1500 Quick Install Manual

Adaptec iSA1500 Quick Install Manual

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  • Page 1 UICK NSTALL UIDE SA1500 DAPTEC TORAGE RRAY I SCSI–SATA RAID S UBSYSTEM...
  • Page 2: Installation Checklist

    ❏ Install Adaptec Storage Manager This Quick Install Guide assumes that you plan to manage your IPSAN from a Windows system running Adaptec Storage Manager. Refer to the User’s Guide on the CD for information on other operating systems. Four hard disk drives and drive carriers DiskPart (Windows users only).
  • Page 3: Safety Tips

    Safety Tips Caution: To prevent personal injury, have someone assist you during rack installation. Caution: If you are installing your enclosure in a rack, prevent personal injury and equipment damage by following the rack manufacturer’s safety instructions. Install your enclosure only in a rack that has been properly secured in an area with suitable environmental conditions.
  • Page 4: Installing The Disk Drives

    Connecting a Monitor and Keyboard Before continuing, connect a monitor to the Video port and a keyboard to the Keyboard port on the rear of the Adaptec iSA1500. Connecting the Cables and Powering On Use Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) cables to connect to the Ethernet ports.
  • Page 5 Note: Adaptec recommends that you use a regulating uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Connect power cable to unit and power supply. Press the Power button.
  • Page 6: Completing The Initial Configuration

    Before you can use the Adaptec Storage Manager software, you must configure the Adaptec iSA1500’s basic network parameters using the CLI, which is preinstalled on your Adaptec iSA1500. (For more information about the CLI, see the User’s Guide on the CD.) Configure the Adaptec iSA1500 using the monitor and keyboard.
  • Page 7: Installing Adaptec Storage Manager

    IPSAN using Adaptec Storage Manager, you must have a dedicated management station or server running Windows 2000 or Windows 2003, with Adaptec Storage Manager installed.) 1 Insert the Adaptec iSA1500 CD into the CD-ROM drive of your management system. The setup program opens automatically and the Welcome screen appears.
  • Page 8: Next Steps

    Next Steps The Adaptec Storage Array iSA1500 User’s Guide on the CD provides instructions for completing these next steps: Using Adaptec Storage Manager to complete system ■ configuration. Adding an agent. ■ Installing the initiator. ■ Configuring the server. ■...
  • Page 9 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2004 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Part Number: 513675-06, Ver. AB, LB 01/04...

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