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Adaptec SCSI RAID 2010S/2015S Installation Guide
Installing the Controller in an Existing Linux System
Adding the controller to an existing system is essentially the same
as if the system were new. Data on any hard disk drive attached to
the SCSI channels that will be controlled by the ASR-2010S or
ASR-2015S will not be accessible after the Adaptec ZCR controller
is inserted. The following assumes you have Linux installed to a
hard disk drive that will not be affected by the installation of the
ZCR, such as an IDE drive:
1 Back up all data from the hard disk drives attached to the
motherboard SCSI channels.
2 Install and configure your Adaptec ZCR controller according to
the instructions in Chapter 2. Make any desired changes to the
SCSI connections or configurations now.
3 Start up the server. If you desire to change your system to boot
from a RAID, see the previous section, treating the installation
as a new installation. Be sure to back up your data.
Note: Any partitions created on disks that are not part of an
array will be unavailable if you subsequently use the disk in a
RAID configuration. If your hard drives do not have partition
tables or do not contain a recognizable partition, you will be
prompted to initialize these disks. The operating system can
automatically remove the data or you can manually partition
the drives. For more information, refer to the Red Hat
documentation.
4 Reboot the system after you have made all of your
configuration changes.
5 When Red Hat starts to come up, it will detect the new
hardware. Press the appropriate key to enter into Kudzu when
prompted.
6 When asked about the newly detected RAID controller, allow
Kudzu to configure the device.
Note: The ASR-2010S/2015S will be detected as a Distributed
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