
Contents ● 8
About the Adaptec RAID 6445......................................................................... 34
About the Adaptec RAID 6805......................................................................... 35
About the Adaptec RAID 6405E ...................................................................... 36
About the Adaptec RAID 6805E ...................................................................... 37
4 Getting Started
Choosing a RAID Level..................................................................................... 39
Selecting Disk Drives and Cables ..................................................................... 40
Disk Drives .................................................................................................. 40
Cables .......................................................................................................... 40
Installation Options .......................................................................................... 41
Basic Installation Steps...................................................................................... 42
Installing with an Operating System.......................................................... 42
Installing on an Existing Operating System .............................................. 42
5 Installing the Controller and Disk Drives
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 44
Installing the Controller ................................................................................... 44
Installing a RAID Controller...................................................................... 44
Installing a RAID Controller with Zero Maintenance Cache Protection 45
Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers .................................................. 46
Connecting Directly to the Controller....................................................... 46
Connecting to a System Backplane............................................................ 47
Connecting MaxIQ Solid State Drives and other SSDs ............................ 48
Connecting External Devices............................................................................ 50
Next Steps.......................................................................................................... 50
6 Creating a Bootable Array
Setting the Boot Controller .............................................................................. 52
Creating an Array.............................................................................................. 52
Creating an Array with the ACU ............................................................... 52
Creating an Array with Adaptec Storage Manager ................................... 54
Making Your Array Bootable ........................................................................... 55
7 Installing the Driver and an Operating System
Before You Begin............................................................................................... 57
Creating a Driver Disk ...................................................................................... 57
Installing with Windows................................................................................... 58
Installing with Windows Server 2003 ........................................................ 58
Installing with Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ... 58
Installing with Red Hat Linux 5 ....................................................................... 59
Installing with Red Hat Linux 6 or Fedora Linux ........................................... 59
Installing with SuSE Linux ............................................................................... 60
Installing with Debian Linux or Ubuntu Linux .............................................. 60
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