Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
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When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your computer
cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with
Connecting External Devices
on page 40
.
Connecting External Devices
Note:
If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following section,
Next Steps
.
Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to your external device(s), such as disk
drives or disk drive enclosures.
Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. For more information or to purchase cables,
visit the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com
.
Next Steps
If you are installing the controller driver
and
an operating system onto a bootable array,
continue with
Creating a Bootable Array
on page 41
.
If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with
Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
on page 52
.
Disk drives on
backplane
Controller connected to backplane
with Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS
(SFF-8087 to SFF-8087)
Controller connected to backplane
with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484)
Disk drives on
backplane
External SAS cable
connecting to a
drive bay