User`s guide

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When to Choose Bootable-CD Mode
Use Adaptec Storage Manager in bootable-CD mode if you want to install your operating
system on a disk drive or logical drive associated with your controller. Bootable-CD mode lets
you configure the controller before you install your operating system.
After you have configured the controller and installed the operating system, install and run
Adaptec Storage Manager as an installed software application, as described earlier in this
chapter.
Bootable-CD Mode Limitations
Running Adaptec Storage Manager in bootable-CD mode is not an alternative to running it as
an installed software application. Most of the features and functions described in this
User’s
Guide
are not available when you are running Adaptec Storage Manager from the DVD.
Bootable-CD mode is only for configuring your controller before you install an operating
system.
Getting Started in Bootable-CD Mode
This is a checklist of tasks to complete when you’re building your storage space with Adaptec
Storage Manager in bootable-CD mode.
D Install your Adaptec by PMC RAID controller.
D Run Adaptec Storage Manager (see the following section).
D Create logical drives (see page 35).
For an introduction to the Adaptec Storage Manager window and its features, see page 44.
D Install your operating system (and controller device drivers, if appropriate).
D Install Adaptec Storage Manager as a software application, as described earlier in this
chapter.
D Continue to build, customize, and manage your storage space as described in the rest of
this
User’s Guide .
Running Adaptec Storage Manager from the DVD
Note: Before you begin, ensure that your system is set up to boot from a DVD or CD drive. Check
the system BIOS to see if the CD drive is listed first in the boot order. For more information, refer to
your system’s documentation.
To run Adaptec Storage Manager in bootable-CD mode:
1 Insert the RAID Controller Installation DVD into your DVD drive, then restart your
system.
2 When prompted, select the language you want, then press Enter.
3 Review the license information, then press Enter.
The main DVD menu opens.
4 Click Launch Configuration Utility.