User`s guide

- maxView Storage Manager Online Help
- Adaptec SAS RAID Controllers README.TXT file
- Adaptec PerfMon Utility README.TXT file
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3. Installation and Setup
3.1 Installation Instructions
The Adaptec SAS RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide
contains complete installation information for the controllers
and drivers. The Adaptec RAID Controllers Command Line Utility
User's Guide contains complete installation information for
ARCCONF. The maxView Storage Manager User's Guide contains
complete installation information for the maxView Storage
Manager software.
3.2 Bootable DVD Mode
Bootable DVD mode is not supported in this release--the ability
to boot from the installation DVD and configure your controller
before installing the OS or maxView Storage Manager. While
information about Bootable DVD mode is presented in the users
guides, this feature is not currently available.
3.3 DKMS Driver Setup for Red Hat 6/CentOS 6
Installation instructions for Red Hat 6/CentOS 6 drivers with
Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) are provided in the
RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide. DKMS ensures
that the driver remains installed across OS updates. For DKMS
driver instructions for other linux OSs, contact Adaptec support
or search the Adaptec Support Knowledgebase (ASK) at www.adaptec.com.
3.4 uEFI-Mode OS Setup
Before attempting to install an operating system in uEFI mode,
you must delete all MBR partitions from the disk or reformat the
disk with GPT (GUID Partition Table). The installation may fail
if you try to install on a disk with a Master Boot Record (MBR)
partitioning scheme.
3.5 Solaris 11 Express Setup
Installing Solaris 11 Express on a bootable array is not
supported in this release.
3.6 Fedora Linux Setup
To avoid a known PCIe Active State Power Management issue under
Fedora Linux 14, you must add the OS option `pcie_aspm=off`
in GRUB bootloader file "menu.lst". Follow these instructions:
1. When the first Fedora installation screen appears, press
the 'Tab' key.
2. Before pressing the first 'reboot' button, edit grub/menu.lst:
o Press Alt+F2
o cd /mnt/sysimage/boot/grub/
o Open the menu.lst file
3. Add 'pcie_aspm=off' just after 'rhgb quiet'. The new line
should look like this:
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE... rhgb quiet pcie_aspm=off
3.7 Debian Linux Setup
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