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3-7

Installing the Driver

Adding the Driver to an Existing System

These driver installation instructions apply to both Red Hat and

SuSE Linux systems. To install the driver:

1 Ensure that the CD drive is mounted and then install the driver

RPM. This can be done by typing:

rpm -Uvh <mount-point>/packages/Linux/driver_package/

aacraid-*.i386.rpm

2 Run fdisk, mkfs, and create mount points for any new drives.

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INSTALLATION AND USER’S GUIDE 1
Installation and User’s Guide 2
Copyright 3
Trademarks 3
Disclaimer 3
Adaptec Customer Support 4
Canadian Compliance Statement 8
Contents 10
B DOS Utilities 11
Glossary 12
Introduction 13
System Requirements 14
Kit Contents 15
Adaptec 2810SA Controller 16
About the Documentation 17
Controller Features 18
Array Migration 19
Drive Enclosures 19
Hot Spares 19
Automatic Failover 20
Safety Information 22
Installing the Controller 24
Installing the Driver 27
Creating the Driver Disk 28
Installing Adaptec Storage 34
Manager – Browser Edition 34
Supported Browsers 35
Remote and Managed Systems 36
Autorun 37
Browser Edition 43
Overview 44
Architecture Overview 45
Logging In 46
Registering Your Software 48
The Basics 49
Pop-Up Tool Tips 50
Physical Devices 50
■ Capacity of the drive 51
Logical Devices 52
Adaptec RAID 54
Configuration Utility 54
Managing Arrays 55
Creating Arrays 59
Initializing Disk Drives 61
Using SATASelect 62
Using the Disk Utilities 64
Viewing the Event Log 64
Overview of the AFU 67
(for example 67
Firmware Floppy Disk Kit 68
Running the AFU 69
AFU followed 69
AFU Commands 72
Default Switch Values 73
Examples 73
AFU Error Handling 75
Running the ACU 77
Using Interactive Mode 77
Creating an Array with ACU 77
Using the Scripting Features 83
Script File Syntax 89
■ Clear—Clear the array 94
■ No—Disable read caching 94
Error Handling 97
Playback and Record Notes 99
DOS Utilities 100
Command Line Interface 101
Terminology 102
Accessing the CLI 102
Using the CLI 103
Command Line Interface (CLI) 104
Displaying Disk Information 110
Displaying Array Information 111
Example of 112
CLI Command Dictionary 114
Container (Array) Commands 115
Parameters 118
Switches 118
Controller Commands 124
Disk Commands 127
Logfile Commands 131
Task Commands 132
Enclosure Commands 133
CLI command script: 137
Supported RAID Types 138
Simple Volume 141
Spanned Volume 141
Specifications 142
Glossary-2 144
Glossary-3 145
Glossary-4 146
Glossary-5 147
Glossary-6 148
Glossary-7 149
Glossary-8 150
Glossary-9 151
Glossary-10 152
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