Adaptec 31205 - RAID Controller User Manual Download Page 1

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README.TXT 
 
Adaptec Storage Manager 
as of October 3, 2006 
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Please review this file for important information about issues 
and erratas that were discovered after completion of the standard 
product documentation. In the case of conflict between various 
parts of the documentation set, this file contains the most 
current information. 
 
The following information is available in this file: 
 
   1. Software Versions and Documentation 
      1.1   Adaptec Storage Manager 
      1.2   Documentation 
   2. Installation and Setup Notes 
      2.1   Supported Operating Systems 
      2.2   System Requirements 
      2.3   Setup Notes - General 
      2.4   Setup Notes - External RAID Storage 
   3. General Cautions and Notes 
      3.1   General Cautions 
      3.2   General Notes 
   4. Operating System-Specific Issues and Notes 
      4.1   All 
      4.2   Windows - All 
      4.3   Windows 2000 
      4.4   Windows for EM64T and AMD-64 
      4.5   Linux 
      4.6   NetWare 
   5. RAID Level-Specific Notes 
      5.1   RAID 1 and RAID 5 Notes 
      5.2   RAID 10 Notes 
      5.3   RAID x0 Notes 
   6. Other Issues and Notes 
      6.1   Internal RAID Storage Notes 
      6.2   External RAID Storage Notes 
 
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1. Software Versions and Documentation 
 
   1.1. Adaptec Storage Manager Version 4.30 
 
   1.2. Documentation on this CD 
 
        PDF format: 
 
        -  Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for Internal RAID Storage 
        -  Command Line Interface for Internal RAID Storage 
        -  iSCSI Storage Appliance Quick Start Guide 
        -  iSCSI Storage Appliance User's Guide 
         
        HTML and text format: 
         
        -  Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help         
        -  Adaptec Storage Manager README.TXT file 
         
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2. Installation and Setup Notes 
 
   - The Adaptec RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide 

Summary of Contents for 31205 - RAID Controller

Page 1: ...ral Cautions 3 2 General Notes 4 Operating System Specific Issues and Notes 4 1 All 4 2 Windows All 4 3 Windows 2000 4 4 Windows for EM64T and AMD 64 4 5 Linux 4 6 NetWare 5 RAID Level Specific Notes...

Page 2: ...indows XP Professional Microsoft Windows for EM64T and AMD 64 o Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Standard and Web Edition o Windows XP Professional Linux 32 Bit o Red Hat o Red Hat EL 3 0 AS ES WS o Red...

Page 3: ...nstallation CD o compat libstdc 7 3 2 96 122 i386 rpm o compat libstdc devel 7 3 2 96 122 i386 rpm NOTE The version string in the file name may be different than above Be sure to check the version str...

Page 4: ...to replicate the SMTP e mail notification list RaidJob ser to replicate the jobs in the Task Scheduler 6 Install Adaptec Storage Manager on the other servers 7 Copy the files from the diskette into th...

Page 5: ...the External RAID node won t even appear in the GUI on operating systems other than Windows and Linux For proper operation of Adaptec Storage Manager and the management service on Windows XP you must...

Page 6: ...0 bytes the file is copied to a new file with the extension OLD and the original that is the LOG file is deleted and recreated If a OLD file already exists the existing OLD file is destroyed The blink...

Page 7: ...it within 3 seconds It has no affect on file I O or other system operations and can be ignored 4 3 Windows 2000 More event notifications are generated than pools degraded For example in a configuratio...

Page 8: ...re To suppress these messages add the following line to your Xdefaults file stringConversionWarnings False On rare occasions the online help system may generate a Java exception This is due to a known...

Page 9: ...ize one or more drives in a snapshot source pool the snapshot target cannot be deleted To avoid creating a snapshot drive that cannot be deleted you must delete the snapshot drive first before you ini...

Page 10: ...n rare occasions Adaptec Storage Manager may report that there is insuffient space to create a mirror plex WORKAROUND Press F5 to refresh then try again A recurring job that creates and mounts a snaps...

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