NetMAXFAQ : Volumes :
How do I setup volumes with an Adaptec 2100S SCSI RAID card?
| Setup for the Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S Card for kernel versions 2.2.16 and higher: | |
| 1 | Install RAID card and SCSI drives. You do not need to terminate any of the SCSI drives if using the cable provided with the RAID card. Once the card and drives are installed, the card should be detected by the BIOS and should detect all of the drives attached to the card upon powering system. Ensure that all SCSI IDs are set correctly and that all of the drives are detected and functional. |
| 2 | Install the dpt_i2o kernel driver package from ftp://ftp.netmax.com |
| 3 | Reboot the NetMAX. |
| 4 | As root, at the command-line, enter the following: dmesg In the output resulting from the dmesg command, you should see a message indicating that the RAID card was detected and that the devices on the RAID card were detected. |
| 5 | Reboot the NetMAX again. This time, when the RAID card is being probed by the BIOS, a message saying something in the way of "press CTRL-A to enter SETUP" will appear. Press and hold the Control key and hit the A key. Follow the manual included with the RAID card to configure the SCSI drives to be a single RAID volume. Exit the setup utility and the system will continue to boot. |
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When the system has finished booting up,enter the following as root from the command-line:
dmesg In the output resulting from the dmesg command, you should see a message indicating that the RAID card was detected and that a single devices has been detected. |
| 7 | Acess the NetMAX interface and create a volume following the normal procedure, but with one exception: when selecting devices, select the device under RAID control and choose to make this a "Native" type volume. |
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