Installation guide

Chapter 6. Driver Installation
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several choices will be displayed.
4. Move the highlight bar to the “Create Driver Disk” entry and press Enter.
5. The screen queries the SAS RAID controllers support driver database and
displays a list of available drivers. Move the highlight bar to the correct driver
entry and press Enter key to select.
6. The next screen will show “Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A:!!
Press any key to continue”. Insert the formatted diskette in drive “A” and press
any key to continue.
7. The window will display the driver building message: ”Now is writing to
Cylinder…” as it copies the image file from the CDROM to driver diskette.
8. The “Write Complete !!” message will display when the driver diskette ready.
The driver diskette is made now. Proceed to the following instruction for
installation procedures.
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The SAS RAID controller can be used with Microsoft Windows 8/ Server 2012/
7/ 2008/ Vista/ 2003. The SAS RAID controllers support SCSI MiniPort and
StorPort Drivers for Windows 8/Server 2012/7/2008/Vista/2003.
6.2.1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 8/
Server 2012/ 7/ 2008/ Vista/ 2003.
The Storport driver is new to Windows 8/ Server 2012/ 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 Windows 8/ Server 2012/ 7/
2008/ Vista/ 2003 on a SAS 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 8/ Server 2012/ 7/ 2008/ Vista/ 2003. Have your bootable
Microsoft Windows CD and follow the required procedures below to install SAS
RAID controller: