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6.2.2.2 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System
When you reboot the system, log in as a system administrator.
Continue with the
following steps to make any additional volume sets or pass-through disks
accessible to Windows. This procedure assumes that the SAS RAID controller
hardware, driver, and Windows are installed and operational in your system.
1. Partition and format the new volume set or disks using Disk
Administrator:
a. Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu.
b. Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu.
c. Select Storage.
d. Select Disk Management.
2. Follow the on-screen prompts to write a signature to the drive.
3. Right click on the disk drive and select “Create Volume” from the menu.
4. Follow the on-screen prompts to create a volume set and to give a disk drive
letter.
6.2.3 Installing controller into an existing Windows
7/2008/Vista/2003 Installation
In this scenario, you are installing the controller in an existing
Windows system. To
install the driver:
1. Follow the Hardware Installation to install the controller and connect the disk
drives or enclosure.
2. Start the system and then press Tab or F6 to enter the Mc
BIOS-based
configuration utility. Use the configuration utility to create the raid set and volume
set. For details, see Chapter 5, McBIOS RAID Manager and Terminal mode
configuration. Once a volume set is created and configured, continue with
installation of the driver..
3. Re-boot Windows and the OS will recognize the SAS RAID Controller and
launch the “Found New Hardware Wizard”, which guides you to install the SAS
RAID driver.
4. The “Upgrade Device Driver Wizard” will pop-up and provides a choice of how
to proceed. Choose “Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that you
can choose a specific driver.” and click on Next.
5. When the next screen queries the user about utilizing the currently installed driver,
click on the Have Disk button.