Installing The Driver And An Operating System; Before You Begin; Creating A Driver Disk - Adaptec ASR-6805Q User Manual

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Installing the Driver and an Operating System

This chapter explains how to install your Adaptec RAID controller driver and an operating system on a
bootable array (see
To install the driver on an existing operating system, see
System on page 59.

Before You Begin

• Install and connect your Adaptec RAID controller and internal disk drives (see
and Disk Drives
• Create a bootable array (see
• Create a driver disk (see the following section).
Note: For up-to-date operating system version support, visit the Adaptec Web Site
at www.adaptec.com. From the main menu select Support>Knowledgebase>Find
Answers. Select your controller type and OS to generate a list of supported operating
systems and to download the latest drivers.

Creating a Driver Disk

This section describes how to create a driver disk for the operating systems that require one. You will
need a USB flash drive or writable CD to complete this task.
• Windows operating systems do not require a driver disk. For Windows, the driver is loaded directly
from the Adaptec Installation DVD; see
• For Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux, and VMware ESX 4.1, you must create the driver disk manually on
a USB flash drive ("USB stick") or writable CD. See the instructions for your operating system, below.
• For Red Hat 6 and Cent OS 6 DKMS driver installation, see
Kernel Module Support
• For VMware ESXi 5.x, see
• For all other OSs, create the driver disk using the Create Diskette menu on the Adaptec Installation
DVD.
To create a driver disk using the Create Diskette menu:
1. Set your system BIOS so that your computer boots from the DVD drive.
2. Turn on your computer, then insert the Adaptec Installation DVD.
3. Click Create Diskette, then select your operating system and version.
4. When prompted, insert a USB flash drive, then click OK.
The system creates the driver disk on the USB drive.
5. Remove and label the driver disk.
6. Continue with the instructions for your operating system:
• For Red Hat Linux 5 or Cent OS 5, see
• For Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6, or Fedora Linux, see
without Dynamic Kernel Module Support
• For SuSE Linux, see
• For Solaris, see
• For FreeBSD, see
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Creating a Bootable Array
on page 36).
Creating a Bootable Array
Installing with Windows
on page 50.
Installing with VMware ESXi 5.x
Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 or Cent OS 5
Installing with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
Installing with Solaris on page 54.
Installing with FreeBSD
Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide
on page 44).
Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating
on page 44).
on page 50.
Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6 with Dynamic
on page 56.
Red Hat Linux 6, Cent OS 6, Fedora Linux
on page 51.
on page 52.
on page 55.
Installing the Controller
on page 50.
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