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Step 1: Installing Adaptec Storage Manager

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Installing on Linux

This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on
computers running Linux. See

System Requirements on page 18

for a list

of supported operating systems.

Adaptec Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Before You Begin

If a previous version of Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on your
computer, you must remove it before beginning this installation. Any
customization files you created with the previous version are saved and
used in the upgrade.

To remove Adaptec Storage Manager, type the

rpm --erase StorMan

command.

Installing Adaptec Storage Manager

1

Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager CD.

2

Mount the Adaptec Storage Manager CD:

3

Change to the cdrom directory:

4

Extract the RPM package and install it:

rpm --install ./StorMan*.rpm

5

Unmount the Adaptec Storage Manager CD:

6

Repeat these steps to install Adaptec Storage Manager on every
Linux computer that will be part of your storage space.

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Red Hat

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

SuSE

mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Red Hat

cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/manager

SuSE

cd /media/cdrom/linux/manager

Red Hat

umount /mnt/cdrom

SuSE

umount /media/cdrom