User manual

DRIVER INSTALLATION

RAID systems and in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments.

Storport delivers higher I/O throughput, enhanced manageability,

and an improved miniport interface. Storport better utilizes faster

adapters through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call (DPC)

and improved queue management.

4.2.2 Install Windows 2000/XP/2003 on a SATA

RAID Volume

The following instructions explain how to install the SATA RAID

controller Driver. For completed details on installing Windows,

see the Windows User’s Manual.

4.2.2.1 Installation procedures

The following is the procedures for installing the SATA RAID con-

troller driver while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003.

Boot-up Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 from CD-ROM and

follow the required procedure below to install SATA RAID con-

troller:

1. Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 “Hard-

ware Installation” to install the controller and connect the disk

drives or enclosure.

2. Start the system and then press Tab/F6 to enable the McBIOS

RAID manager. Use the McBIOS manager to create the RAID

set and volume set to which you will install Windows system.

For details, see Chapter 3 “McBIOS RAID manager”. Once a

volume set is created and conﬁgured, continue with next step to

install the operating system.

3. Insert Windows setup CD and restart the system to begin the

Windows installation.

Note:

The computer system BIOS must support

bootable from CD-ROM.