Hardware User's Guide

8 Intel® RAID Controller RS25FB044 Hardware User’s Guide
9. Turn the power on to the server and hard drives. As the server powers up, listen to
be sure that the SAS and SATA devices are powered up before or at the same time
as the computer boots.
10. Watch the boot process until you see a BIOS message informing you of the key
combination that you need to press to enter the LSI* Corporation MPT SAS BIOS
Configuration Utility*. A message similar to the following appears:
— Press <CTRL> + <C> to start the LSI* SAS Configuration Utility
— This message times-out after several seconds. If you miss it, you will pass the
option to get into the LSI* Corporation MPT SAS BIOS Configuration Utility*.
The firmware takes several seconds to initialize and then displays the Intel
®
RAID
Controller RS25FB044 number and firmware version. The numbering of the controllers
follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board.
Configuring the RAID Controller
After performing the Intel
®
RAID Controller RS25FB044 installation, you must
configure the storage adapter and install the operating system driver. The Intel
®
RAID
Software User’s Guide (Document Number: D29305-0xx) provides IT/IR RAID
configuration options and instructions for the Intel
®
RAID Controller RS25FB044, as
well as detailed installation instructions for operating system drivers.
Replacing a Controller
To replace the RAID controller, see your server system documentation for instructions to
remove and then install an add-in adapter.