Adaptec 6405E Installation And User Manual page 8

About the Adaptec RAID 6445......................................................................... 34
About the Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q ............................................................ 35
About the Adaptec RAID 6405E ...................................................................... 36
About the Adaptec RAID 6805E ...................................................................... 37
About the Adaptec RAID 6405T ...................................................................... 38
About the Adaptec RAID 6805T/6805TQ ....................................................... 39
4 Getting Started
Choosing a RAID Level..................................................................................... 41
Selecting Disk Drives and Cables ..................................................................... 42
Disk Drives .................................................................................................. 42
Cables .......................................................................................................... 42
Replacing the Full-Height Bracket with a Low-Profile Bracket...................... 43
Installation Options .......................................................................................... 45
Basic Installation Steps...................................................................................... 45
Installing with an Operating System.......................................................... 45
Installing on an Existing Operating System .............................................. 45
5 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 47
Installing the Controller ................................................................................... 47
Installing a RAID Controller...................................................................... 47
Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 48
Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers .................................................. 50
Connecting Drives Directly to the Controller........................................... 50
Connecting Drives to a System Backplane ................................................ 51
Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs) ....................................................... 52
Connecting External Devices............................................................................ 53
Next Steps .......................................................................................................... 53
6 Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller .............................................................................. 55
Creating an Array.............................................................................................. 55
Creating an Array with the ACU ............................................................... 55
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager ................................... 57
Making Your Array Bootable ........................................................................... 58
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 60
Creating a Driver Disk ...................................................................................... 60
Installing with Windows................................................................................... 61
Installing with Windows Server 2003 ........................................................ 61
Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 61
Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 ....................................................................... 62
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