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Disk Drives for SAS Controllers................................................................. 31
Disk Drives for SATA Controllers ............................................................. 31
Disk Drives for SCSI Controllers ............................................................... 31
Selecting Cables ................................................................................................. 32
SAS Cables................................................................................................... 32
SATA Cables................................................................................................ 33
SCSI Cables ................................................................................................. 34
Installation Options .......................................................................................... 34
Basic Installation Steps...................................................................................... 34
Installing with an Operating System.......................................................... 34
Installing on an Existing Operating System .............................................. 35
Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 37
Installing the Controller ................................................................................... 37
Connecting Disk Drives to SAS RAID Controllers ......................................... 38
Connecting Directly to the Controller....................................................... 38
Connecting to a System Backplane ............................................................ 39
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA RAID Controllers ...................................... 40
Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers........................................ 40
Connecting External Devices............................................................................ 41
Next Steps.................................................................................................... 41
Monitoring Disk Drives with ICP Storage Manager....................................... 41
Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller .............................................................................. 43
Creating an Array.............................................................................................. 43
Creating an Array with the ACU ............................................................... 43
Creating an Array with ICP Storage Manager........................................... 45
Making Your Array Bootable ........................................................................... 46
Installing the Driver and an Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 48
Creating a Driver Disk ...................................................................................... 48
Installing with Windows................................................................................... 49
Installing with Red Hat Linux .......................................................................... 49
Installing with SUSE Linux............................................................................... 50
Installing with NetWare.................................................................................... 50
Installing with OpenServer ............................................................................... 51
Installing with Solaris........................................................................................ 51
Installing with UnixWare ................................................................................. 52
Installing with VMware .................................................................................... 52
Installing with FreeBSD .................................................................................... 53