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Before You Begin................................................................................................................ 55
CD-ROM ............................................................................................................. 55
Assumptions About Path Names ............................................................................... 55
General Installation Notes .................................................................................................. 56
Minimum Hardware Requirements............................................................................. 56
Minimum Software Requirements .............................................................................. 56
Installing Red Hat Linux 7.x on a RAID Volume (Host Drive) ............................................. 56
Installing an Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 onto an Existing Linux Server ......................... 57
GDT Driver Parameters...................................................................................................... 58
Reservation of SCSI Devices..................................................................................... 58
Further Driver Parameters ......................................................................................... 59
Installation of Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 StorCon Monitoring Utility ............................. 60
Installation of StorCon from the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 CD-ROM.................. 60
Using StorCon Monitoring Utility ................................................................................ 60
Remote Monitoring with the Intel SRCD Remote Access Service ....................................... 61
Pre-Installation Requirements Checklist ............................................................................. 63
Minimum Hardware Requirements............................................................................. 63
Minimum Software Requirements .............................................................................. 63
New Installation of NetWare 4.2 and 5.1............................................................................. 64
New Installation of NetWare 4.2 with the SRCRX.HAM Driver................................... 64
New Installation of NetWare 5.xx with the SRCRX.HAM Driver ................................. 64
NetWare Installation..................................................................................................... 65
Installing the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 Driver Package ..................................... 65
Installing the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 Tools Kit Package................................. 66
Configuring Tools for Remote Access ............................................................... 66
ASPI Support for NetWare 4.2 and 5.1............................................................................... 66
Tips and Tricks ................................................................................................................... 67
Optimize Data Throughput......................................................................................... 67
"Cache Memory Allocator Out of Available Memory" in PCI-ISA Systems.................. 68
Installing NetWare 4.1 - Wrong Drive Name .............................................................. 68
NetWare Server Not Stable When Under High Utilization .......................................... 68
Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 and Non-ASPI Compatible Controllers....................... 69
Last Status Information.............................................................................................. 69
Adding Additional Capacity After an Online Capacity Expansion ............................... 69
Notes on ARCserve............................................................................................................ 70
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