User`s guide

Chapter 2: Installing Adaptec Storage Manager ● 20

Installing on Red Hat, SuSE, or Fedora Linux

This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on systems running Red Hat

Linux, SuSE Linux, or Fedora Linux. For information on installing Adaptec Storage Manager

on Debian and Ubuntu Linux, see next section. For a list of supported Linux operating

systems, see System Requirements on page 17.

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 on Linux:

1 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD.

2 Mount the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD:

Red Hat:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

SuSE:

mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Fedora:

mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom

3 Change to the manager directory:

Red Hat/Fedora:

cd /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/linux/manager

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:

Red Hat/Fedora:

umount /mnt/cdrom

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.

Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux

This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on systems running Debian or

Ubuntu Linux. For a list of supported Linux operating systems, see System Requirements on

page 17.

Adaptec Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Note:

Before you can install Adaptec Storage Manager on Ubuntu systems, you must install the

Ubuntu desktop package. See your operating system documentation for details.

To install Adaptec Storage Manager on Debian or Ubuntu Linux:

1 Insert the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD.