User manual

3 Installation

3.1 Upgrading From Previous Silicon Image RAID Software

If you are upgrading from a previously released Silicon Image RAID driver, please read the following sections carefully.

3.1.1 Legacy RAID Support

Previous RAID drivers which do not support RAID 5 functionality are known as “Legacy” drivers and are being replaced with

the SATARAID5 software. Legacy RAID volumes are still supported by the SATARAID5 software and have the following

benefits.

• Legacy volumes can be used as boot devices.

• Legacy volumes can be created and managed by the BIOS menu during system boot.

• Legacy RAID 0 and 10 volumes support a stripe size of 4K.

3.2 Software Components

There are four separate components that must be installed for SATARAID5 software to function. These components are the

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), SATARAID5 Driver, SATARAID5 Manager, and Sun’s JAVA Run Time Environment. The

steps on how to install these packages is described in the following sections.

3.3 Installing from the Installshield

The simplest way to install SATARAID5 software is by using the SATARAID5 installshield. This will quickly and easily install

the SATARAID5 Driver, SATARAID5 Manager and JAVA Run Time Environment.

To begin, insert the Silicon Image SATARAID5 Installation CD-ROM into the CD drive or download it from Silicon Image’s

website. Then double click on the Error! Unknown document property name. file to begin the installation process.

3.3.1 Installing the Driver and GUI

Once the InstallShield is started, the following screens will appear