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- After using a hot spare to successfully rebuild a redundant
logical drive, Adaptec Storage Manager will continue to
show the drive as a global hot spare. To remove the hot spare
designation, delete it in Adaptec Storage Manager.
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4. Operating System-Specific Issues and Notes
4.1 Windows - All
- The Java Virtual Machine has a problem with the 256-color
palette. (The Adaptec Storage Manager display may be distorted
or hard to read.) Set the Display Properties Settings to a
color mode with greater than 256 colors.
- When you shut down Windows, you might see the message
"unexpected shutdown". Windows displays this message if the
Adaptec Storage Manager Agent fails to exit within 3 seconds.
It has no effect on file I/O or other system operations and can
be ignored.
4.2 Windows 64-Bit
- Adaptec RAID controllers do not produce an audible alarm on the
following 64-bit Windows operating systems:
o Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (all versions)
4.3 Linux
- When you delete a logical drive, the operating system can no longer
see the last logical drive. WORKAROUND: To allow Linux to see the
last logical drive, restart your system.
- The controller does not support attached CD drives during OS
installation.
- On certain versions of Linux, you may see messages concerning font
conversion errors. Font configuration under X-Windows is a known
JVM problem. It does not affect the proper operation of the
Adaptec Storage Manager software. To suppress these messages,
add the following line to your .Xdefaults file:
stringConversionWarnings: False
4.4 Debian and Ubuntu
- To create logical drives on Debian and Ubuntu installations, you
must log in as root. It is not sufficient to start ASM with the
'sudo /usr/StorMan/StorMan.sh' command (when not logged in as
root). WORKAROUND: To create logical drives on Ubuntu when not
logged in as root, install the package 'sudo dpkg -i storm_6.50-15645_amd64.deb'.
4.5 FreeBSD
- On FreeBSD systems, JBOD disks created with Adaptec Storage Manager
are not immediately available to the OS. You must reboot the
system before you can use the JBOD.
4.6 Fedora and FreeBSD
- Due to an issue with the Java JDialog Swing class, the 'Close'
button may not appear on some Adaptec Storage Manager windows
or dialog boxes under FreeBSD or Fedora Linux 15 or higher.
WORKAROUND: Press ALT+F4 or right-click on the title bar, then
close the dialog box from the pop-up menu.
4.7 Linux and FreeBSD
- If you cannot connect to a local or remote Adaptec Storage Manager
installed on a Linux or FreeBSD system, verify that the TCP/IP hosts
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