Intel RAID High Availability Storage Solution white paper

Intel® RAID High Available Solution List of Figures
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2. Installation
The installation process is detailed below. Some of these steps are performed using the server
BIOS/UEFI utilities before the operating system is installed and some are performed after the
operating system is installed and use operating system tools.
Important note: Because a server cluster will be created, some of the steps require updates to
be applied to one server, and then to the second server before proceeding to the following step.
2.1 Download Release Package
Use RAID FW, driver, RWC2, CLI and SMI-S in IR3_2208_HA-DAS_release_package_1.0 drop
or later version. The latest version is available on the Intel Support Website at:
www.intel.com/support (Search “High Availability Software”).
A USB flash drive is needed to store the images from the release package, and will be used to
install them via the server BIOS/UEFI setup tools.
The release package is a single, zipped file. This file must be unzipped. Inside this package is a
PDF document and five zipped files. Each of these five zipped files must be unzipped. The
resulting five file folders and their contents are required to be copied to the USB flash drive.
2.2 Install Release Package
To install the package updates, enter the BIOS Boot Manager and then the EFI Shell on server
node 1.
Tip: Do not plug the USB flash drive with the updates into the server until after you are in the
BIOS setup.
Figure 2. Enter the BIOS Boot Manager and EFI Shell