Adaptec 6405E - Contents

Contents ● 9
Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux ........................................... 62
Installing with SuSE Linux ............................................................................... 63
Installing with Debian Linux............................................................................ 63
Installing with Ubuntu Linux........................................................................... 65
Installing with Solaris........................................................................................ 67
Installing with VMware ESX 4 ......................................................................... 67
Installing with VMware ESXi 5 ........................................................................ 68
Installing with FreeBSD .................................................................................... 71
8 Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 73
Creating a Driver Disk ...................................................................................... 73
Installing on Windows...................................................................................... 74
Installing on Windows Server 2003 ........................................................... 74
Installing on Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ...... 74
Installing on Red Hat, SuSE, or Fedora Linux ................................................ 74
Installing on Debian Linux............................................................................... 75
Installing on Ubuntu Linux.............................................................................. 75
Installing on Solaris........................................................................................... 76
Installing on VMware ....................................................................................... 76
Installing on FreeBSD ....................................................................................... 78
9 Managing Your Storage Space
About Adaptec Storage Manager ..................................................................... 80
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager .......................................................... 80
About the Adaptec RAID Controller Configuration Utility........................... 80
About the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ............................................. 81
About the Adaptec Flash Utility....................................................................... 81
Which Utility Should I Use?............................................................................. 81
Which Utility Should I Use on VMware?.................................................. 81
10 Solving Problems
Troubleshooting Checklist ............................................................................... 84
Monitoring Disk Drives Status......................................................................... 84
Silencing the Alarm........................................................................................... 84
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure ............................................................. 85
Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare.............................................. 85
Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare....................................... 85
Failure in Multiple Arrays Simultaneously................................................ 85
Disk Drive Failure in a RAID 0 Array........................................................ 86
Multiple Failures in the Same Array .......................................................... 86
Failed Drive in maxCache Pool.................................................................. 86
Resetting the Controller.................................................................................... 86