X500
X500
Expansion Unit with RAID Function
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1. Overview ······································································· 1
2. Software Installation ···················································· 2
Installing the Controller Driver ···································· 2
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager ··························· 2
3. Creating Arrays ····························································· 3
Using Adaptec Storage Manager to Create Arrays ····· 3
Using the ARC Utility to Create Arrays ························ 7
4. Notes and Hints ···························································· 8
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. Overview
This Expansion Unit, a housing attached to the bottom of X500, provides up to 5TB
extra storage space with RAID support. By default, the Expansion Unit comes with
three 1TB disk drives configured as RAID5.
You can easily swap a drive by loosening the screws to open the protection door
and then pulling the drive out of its slot.
The Expansion Unit features include:
Adaptec RAID 6805 controller
Hard disk drive slot x 5, with three drives pre-installed by default
Indicator LED x 5
Multiple options for creating and managing RAID arrays
RAID levels supported: RAID0, RAID1, RAID1E, RAID 5, RAID 5EE, RAID 6, and
RAID 10
Power-management of disk drives
Audible alarm
I/O statistics logging
Disk drive hot-swapping
Five indicator LEDs for five
phy
sical drives
Three drives
at the front
Two drives at the
back (optional)
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. Software Installation
Installing the Controller Driver
1. Start Windows.
The Found New Hardware Wizard opens and searches for the driver.
2. Insert X500 Driver Disc in the DVD drive. Select Locate and Install Driver
Software.... and Don’t Search Online.
3. Browse to the driver location as below and click OK.
\Option DRV\Raid_6805\Driver\windows-ws08-7-vist
4. When the Adaptec driver is found, click Next.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
6. Continue with Adaptec Storage Manager installation.
Installing Adaptec Storage Manager
NOTE: You need administrator or root privileges to install Adaptec Storage
Manager.
1. Insert X500 Driver Disc in the DVD drive.
2. Browse to one of the below folders depending on your OS version.
For 64-bit OS: \Option DRV\Raid_6805\AP\amd64\manager
For 32-bit OS: \Option DRV\Raid_6805\AP\i386\manager
3. Run the Setup program for the OS as described below.
For 64-bit OS: setup_asm_x64.exe
For 32-bit OS: setup_asm_x86.exe
4. Click Next to begin the installation, click I accept..., then click Next.
5. Select GUI and Agent. Then click Next.
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