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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
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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
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SAS RAID controller software CD
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SAS RAID controller
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4.1. Driver Installation for Windows
The SAS RAID controller can be used with Microsoft Windows 8/ Server 2012/7/2008/Vista/XP/2003 with StorPort
Drivers.
4.1.1. Installing. Windows on a RAID Volume
For completed details on installing Windows, see the Windows User's Manual. The following procedures
detail installing the SAS RAID controller driver while installing Windows 8/Server 2012/
7/2008/Vista/XP/2003. Have your bootable Microsoft Windows CD and follow the required procedure
below to install SAS RAID controller:
1. Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 "Hardware Installation" to install the
2. Start the system and then press Tab or F6 to access the McBIOS RAID manager. Use the McBIOS
3. Once a volume set is created and configured, continue with next step to install the operating
4. Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin the Windows installation.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows installation.
6. When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select "Load Driver".
7. Browse to the driver location, then click "OK".
8. Window will check the driver; select the correct card and CPU type for your hardware from the
controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure.
RAID manager to create the RAID set and volume set to which you will install Windows. For
details, see Chapter 3 "McBIOS RAID manager".
system.
listing and press "Next" to install it.
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