Basic Installation Steps; Installing With An Operating System; Installing On An Existing Operating System - Adaptec 51645 Installation And User Manual

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
If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well
(or instead).
Set the boot controller (see
2
Create a bootable array (see
3
Install your operating system and the controller driver (see
4
Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see
5

Installing on an Existing Operating System

Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see
1
If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well
(or instead).
Install the controller driver (see
2
Install Adaptec Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see
3
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