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To complete the installation, you must:

1. Install the adapter card

2. Connect the necessary SSA cables

3. Revise the system configuration information

4. Load an operating system, unless one is already loaded in the server

5. Load the device drivers and utility programs.

This chapter describes how to perform these tasks. How to configure disk arrays and attach them to your operating system is

described in Chapter 3, "Configuring SSA Subsystems" in topic 3.0.

Subtopics

2.1 Installing the Adapter Card

2.2 Connecting the Disk Drives

2.3 Configuring the Disk Drives

2.4 Installing an Operating System

2.5 Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs

2.6 Selecting Your Boot Device

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