Installation guide

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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.
3. Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin the Windows
installation.
Note
The computer system BIOS must support bootable from CD.
4. Press F6 as soon as the Windows screen shows ”Setup is inspecting your
Computer’s hardware Configuration ”. A message stating “Press F6 to specify
third-party RAID controller” will display during this time. This must be done or
else the Windows installer will not prompt for the driver for from the SAS RAID
controller and the driver diskette will not be recognized.
5. The next screen will show: “Setup could not determine the type of one or
more mass storage device installed in your system”. Select “specify
additional SCSI controller” by pressing S.
6. Window will prompt to place the “Manufacturer-supplied hardware
support disk” into floppy drive A: Insert the SAS RAID series driver diskette
in drive “A:” and press Enter key.
7. Windows will check the floppy; select the correct card and CPU type for your
hardware from the list and press Enter key to install it.
8. After Windows scans the hardware and finds the controller, it
will display:
“Setup will load support for the following Mass Storage devices:”
“PCIe-SAS [Windows X86-64 Storport SAS PCI RAID Host Controller
(RAID6-Engine Inside)”. Press Enter to continue and copy the driver files. From
this point on, simply follow the Microsoft Windows installation procedure. Follow
the on-screen instructions, responding as needed, to complete the installation.
9. After the installation is completed, reboot the system to load the new drivers /
operating system.
10. See Chapter 5 in this manual to customize your RAID volume sets using
Storage manager.