Table Of Contents - Microchip Technology Adaptec HBA 1100 Installation And User Manual

Table of Contents

1. About This Guide.................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1. What You Need to Know Before You Begin................................................................................. 5
1.2. Terminology Used in this Guide....................................................................................................5
1.3. How to Find More Information...................................................................................................... 5
2. Kit Contents and System Requirements................................................................................................. 6
2.1. Kit Contents..................................................................................................................................6
2.2. System Requirements.................................................................................................................. 6
3. About Your Host Bus Adapter ................................................................................................................ 7
3.1. Standard Features........................................................................................................................7
3.2. Mechanical Information ............................................................................................................... 7
3.3. Visual Indicators........................................................................................................................... 7
3.4. About the Adaptec HBA 1100-8i...................................................................................................8
3.5. About the Adaptec HBA 1100-4i.................................................................................................10
3.6. About the Adaptec HBA 1100-8e............................................................................................... 12
3.7. About the Adaptec HBA 1100-8i8e.............................................................................................14
3.8. About the Adaptec HBA 1100-16e............................................................................................. 16
3.9. About the Adaptec HBA 1100-16i...............................................................................................18
3.10. About the Adaptec HBA 1100-24i...............................................................................................20
4. Installing the Controller and Disk Drives............................................................................................... 23
4.1. Before You Begin........................................................................................................................23
4.2. Selecting Disk Drives and Cables ............................................................................................. 23
4.3. Installing the Host Bus Adapter.................................................................................................. 23
5. Installing the Driver and an Operating System .....................................................................................26
5.1. Download the Driver Package....................................................................................................26
5.2. Creating a Driver Disk................................................................................................................ 26
5.3. Installing with Windows.............................................................................................................. 26
5.4. Installing with Red Hat Linux ..................................................................................................... 27
5.5. Installing with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server............................................................................. 27
5.6. Installing with Oracle Linux.........................................................................................................28
5.7. Installing with Ubuntu Linux........................................................................................................28
5.8. Installing with Debian Linux........................................................................................................28
5.9. Installing with FreeBSD.............................................................................................................. 29
5.10. Installing with Solaris..................................................................................................................30
5.11. Installing with Citrix XenServer...................................................................................................32
5.12. Installing with VMware................................................................................................................33
6. Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System.......................................................................... 34
6.1. Download the Driver Package....................................................................................................34
6.2. Creating a Driver Disk................................................................................................................ 34
6.3. Installing on Windows.................................................................................................................34
6.4. Installing on Red Hat.................................................................................................................. 34
6.5. Installing on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server............................................................................... 35
6.6. Installing on Oracle Linux........................................................................................................... 35
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