Installation guide

Controller Board Start-up
Manual No. 775020 3-7
Operating System
If an operating system is not already installed on the system, it can be
installed on a system disk on the controller. The operating system is installed
along with the operating system device drivers.
Installing the AcceleRAID as the Primary Controller
Follow the procedures indicated in the appropriate operating system chapter
of the Disk Array Controller Software Kit User’s Manual when installing
AcceleRAID along with the operating system software.
• Do NOT install the driver for the on-board Symbios Logic SCSI
adapter at any time during the operating system installation.
Installing the AcceleRAID into an Existing System with a
SCSI Boot Device
, WARNING
If an existing operating system is running on a
SCSI boot drive using the Symbios Logic SCSI
adapter embedded on the system board, the
AcceleRAID controller must be installed as the
primary (boot) controller.
1
You must do the
following BEFORE installing the AcceleRAID
controller:
1.
Back up all data on all SCSI devices
(including the boot device) that
are controlled by an on-board Symbios Logic 810 SCSI device driver.
2. Shut down or exit from the operating system and run the system BIOS
setup utility when prompted by pressing F2.
3. Switch to Advanced Settings.
4. Open PCI Configuration.
5. Open PCI Device, Embedded SCSI Devices.
1. This warning does not apply if the operating system is installed
on an IDE device.