
Chapter 2: Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
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Installing on Linux
This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on systems running Linux. See
System Requirements
on page 17
for a list of supported operating systems.
Adaptec Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Note:
If a previous version of Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on your system, you must
remove it before beginning this installation. Any customization files you created with the previous
version are saved and used in the upgrade. To remove Adaptec Storage Manager, type the
rpm --
erase StorMan
command.
To install Adaptec Storage Manager:
1
Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD.
2
Mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD:
For Red Hat
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
For SUSE
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
3
Change to the manager directory:
For Red Hat
cd /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/linux/manager
For SUSE
cd /media/cdrom/ASMCD/linux/manager
4
Extract the RPM package and install it:
rpm --install ./StorMan*.rpm
5
Unmount the RAID Controller Installation DVD:
For Red Hat
umount /mnt/cdrom
For SUSE
umount /media/cdrom
6
Repeat these Steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every Linux system that will be
part of your storage space.