3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your computer cabinet, and reattach the power cord. Continue by either setting the boot controller (see page 43) or by installing the controller driver on an existing operating system (see page 55), depending on the type of installation you are completing. Connecting Disk Drives to SCSI RAID Controllers 1 For each controller channel, set the SCSI ID of each disk drive to a unique number between 0 and 15. The controller is set to ID 7 by default. Although not recommended, you can change the controller ID by using the ARC utility (see page 84). Note: Do not change the controller ID unless absolutely necessary. Disk drives on backplane Controller connected to backplane with Internal mini-SAS (SFF-8087) Controller connected to backplane with multi-lane cable (SFF-8484) Disk drives on backplane External SAS cable connecting to a drive bay Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives . 42 2 Install a terminator (or enable termination) on the disk drive at the end of each cable, or the end of the cable itself. Remove any terminators (or disable termination) on disk drives between the ends of each cable. Install your SCSI disk drives, following the instructions in your system’s documentation. 3 If space inside your computer cabinet is limited, connect your disk drives to the SCSI cable before installing them. (For installation instructions, refer to your computer documentation.) ! Caution: To avoid causing unstable operation, do not attach a cable to the controller unless the other end of the cable is attached to a least one disk drive. Alternatively, install your disk drives, then connect them to the controller. 4 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with the following section. Connecting External Devices Note: If you are not connecting any external devices, see the following section, Next Steps. 1 (SCSI controllers only) Ensure that SCSI IDs and termination are set before completing the connections to external disk drives or devices. See page 41. 2 Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to your external device(s), such as disk drives or disk drive enclosures. Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. For more information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at Next Steps If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 43. If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System on page 55. Monitoring Disk Drives with Adaptec Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager allows you to monitor the status of your SAS, SATA, or SCSI disk drives. Within Adaptec Storage Manager, you can select a disk drive object and a comm...

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