Installation guide

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The driver diskette is now made. Proceed to the following instruction for
installation procedures.
Tips: You can get rawrite.exe from S.U.S.E. 10.x CD1 or DVD (search from search
engine can find “rawrite.exe” and download it)
6.2 Driver Installation for Windows
The SAS RAID controller can be used with Microsoft Windows 7/2008/Vista
/2003. The SAS RAID controllers support SCSI Miniport and Storport Drivers for
Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003.
6.2.1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 7
/2008/Vista/2003.
The Storport driver is new to Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003. Storport implements a
new architecture designed for better performance with RAID systems and in
Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Storport delivers higher I/O through
-put, enhances manageability, and an improved miniport interface. Storport better
utilizes faster adapters through the use of reduced Delay
Procedure Call (DPC)
and improved queue management
6.2.2 Install Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003 on a
SAS/SATA RAID Volume
The following instructions explain how to install the SAS RAID controller Driver. For
completed details on installing Windows, see the Windows User’s Manual.
6.2.2.1 Installation procedures
The following procedures, detail installing the SAS RAID controller driver while
installing Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003. Have your bootable Microsoft Windows
7/2008/Vista/2003 CD-ROM and follow the required procedures below to install
SAS RAID controller:
1. Make sure you follow the instructions in “Hardware Installation” to install the
controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure.
2. Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to access the McBIOS
RAID manager.
Use the McBIOS manager to create the RAID
set and volume set in which you will
install Windows. For details, see Chapter 5 “McBIOS RAID manager”. Once a
volume set is created and configured, continue with next step to install the
operating system.