Installation guide

Software Operation Manual
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This chapter describes how to install the SAS RAID controller driver to your
operating system. The installation procedures use the following terminology:
Installing operating system on the SAS Controller’ Volume
If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to
install operating system on a disk drive managed by the SAS RAID controller. The
driver installation is a part of the operating system installation.
Installing SAS RAID controller into an existing operating system
The computer has an existing operating system installed and the SAS RAID
controller is being installed as a secondary controller.
Have all required system hardware and software components on hand before
proceeding with the setup and installation.
Materials required:
• Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X installation CD
• SAS RAID controller Diver CD
• SAS RAID controller
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The CD disc shipped with the SAS RAID controller, if you do not have the CD
disc with the package, contact your local dealer or you can also download the
latest version drivers for Windows 8/ Server 2012/ 7/ 2008/ Vista/ 2003, Linux,
FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X from the AXUS ftp site, account and password
please contacts sales or technical support.
These driver diskettes are intended for use with new operating system install-
ations. For Windows 8/ Server 2012/ 7/ 2008/ Vista, you can copy the Windows
driver file to USB device and installed from it. Determine the correct kernel
version and identify which diskette images contain drivers for that kernel. If the
driver file ends in .img, you can also create the appropriate driver diskette using
“dd” utility.
The following steps are required to create the driver diskettes:
1. The computer system BIOS must be set to boot-up from the CDROM.
2. Insert the software driver CD disc into the CD-ROM drive.
3. The system will boot-up from CD-ROM Drive; to create the driver diskettes,
select the “SAS RAID Controller Driver Diskette Make Utility”, and a screen with