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Adaptec Storage Management Software User’s Guide
Installing Storage Manager
The original installation of the software starts with the installation
instructions covered in chapter 4 of the Adaptec SCSI RAID
Installation Guide. Use the instructions appropriate for the
operating system being used.
On a Windows system, after the drivers are installed and the
system is restarted, reinserting the Adaptec RAID Installation CD or
executing
autorun.exe will display a menu from which you can
choose to install Storage Manager, install Adobe Acrobat reader or
create driver diskettes. See Figure 3-1 on the following page for the
Windows selection screen from the installation utility. During the
initial installation, select the boxes as shown below:
Storage Manager Required for initial installation -- Loads the
Storage Manager application.
Communications
Server
Optional -- Loads software to allow controlling the
RAID array(s) on this machine from another
machine via a network connection.
Refer to
Remote Communication
on page 3-50 for
detailed information.
Broadcast
Service
Optional -- Loads software components for
tracking and logging events on the array(s). Refer
to Events on page 3-32 for further information.
SNMP Agent Optional -- Used in conjunction with the SNMP
service, which should be installed prior to
installing this component. See Appendix A for
details. May be used instead of the
Communications Server or DMI.
RAID Engine Required for initial installation -- Loads the DLL
used by other applications that need to
communicate with the array hardware.
DMI Component Optional -- Used in conjunction with the DMI
standard, which should be installed prior to
installing this component. See Appendix B for
details. May be used instead of SNMP or
Communications Server.
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