Automatic Failover; Overview Of The Installation Process - Adaptec RAID 21610SA Installation And User Manual

The Adaptec 2410SA controller supports two types of hot spares:
Global—Protects every array that the drive has enough
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available capacity to protect.
Dedicated—Protects only the array that it has been assigned to
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protect.

Automatic Failover

This feature allows the controller to automatically rebuild an array
when a failed drive is replaced with a new drive. This feature
applies only to redundant arrays in SES- or SAF-TE-enabled drive
enclosures. See

Overview of the Installation Process

The following steps provide an overview of the process of
installing, setting-up, and configuring the controller:
1 Read and understand this entire chapter.
2 Install and configure the controller and hard drives according to
the instructions in
3 In Chapter 3, Installing the
your system:
In a new system:
a Build the array.
b Install the controller driver at the beginning of the operating
system installation.
In an existing system:
a Install the controller driver.
b Build the array.
4 Install Adaptec Storage Manager – Browser Edition as
described in
Browser Edition.
5 Register online to receive important information about your
controller at
page A-10 for details.
Chapter 2, Installing the
Driver, the procedure depends on
Chapter 4, Installing Adaptec Storage Manager –
register.adaptec.com
Controller.
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Introduction
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