====== Adaptec Storage Manager ======
This article describes the installation of [[http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/_common/asm/|Adaptec Storage Manager]] on a system with a [[http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/downloads/storage_manager/sm/productid=sas-3405&dn=adaptec+raid+3405.html|RAID 3405]] card but may be applicable to many of Adaptec's [[wp>RAID]] cards.
===== Supported Releases =====
Should work in all Ubuntu releases.  Tested from 8.04 (Hardy Heron) to 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) on Ubuntu Server 64-bit.
===== Required Packages =====
<code>sudo apt-get install alien</code>
===== Configuration =====
Log on, download and convert the [[wp>RPM_Package_Manager|RPM]] file to a [[wp>Deb_(file_format)|DEB]] package:
<code>
wget http://download.adaptec.com/raid/storage_manager/asm_linux_x64_v6_50_18579.tgz
tar xvf asm_linux_x64_v6_50_18579.tgz
alien --script manager/StorMan-6.50.x86_64.rpm
</code>
Become root, install and start the package:
<code>
sudo -s
dpkg -i storman_6.50-18580_amd64.deb
service stor_agent start
</code>
===== Operation =====
For full read/write access to all the Storage Manager options, you must log in with the root account.  Other user accounts will give view only access.  On a standard Ubuntu installation the root account is disabled for security purposes.  Therefore before launching Storage Manager, set a password for root with:
<code>sudo passwd root</code>
Once you have made the necessary changes to your RAID controller, remember to disable the account again with:
<code>sudo passwd -dl root</code>
To start Storage Manager on a machine with a local [[wp>X_server|X server]]:
<code>sudo /usr/StorMan/StorMan.sh</code>
From a remote desktop to a headless server:
<code>
ssh -X <hostname>
sudo /usr/StorMan/StorMan.sh
</code>
Where ''<hostname>'' is the name of the server upon which you installed ASM.

===== See Also =====
  * [[sigma:how_to]]
  * [[sigma:contact]]