Operating System Support; Network Requirements; Installation Procedure; Ams Installation - Western Digital Array Management Setup User Manual

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Operating System Support

AMS is a utility designed to run on top of previously installed WD SATA RAID Controller.
Generally, if your PC runs the WD SATA RAID Controller properly, it will run AMS also.
Windows 2003 Server, XP, or 2000 operating systems are required to take full advantage of all
the features of AMS. In some cases, you can run AMS on other Windows operating systems.
This becomes an issue when running AMS over a network where there are PCs with different
operating systems.

Network Requirements

If you plan to install AMS on a network be sure all the hosts and servers are connected and
running. That is, each of the PCs, RAIDs and Servers must have a working network
connection before you install AMS.
For AMS to be configured over a network, you must know the IP (network) address of the
RAID PC(s) in your system. The Message Server uses IP addresses to communicate with the
Message Agent on the RAID PCs and the Monitoring Utility on the network PCs.
See Appendix C: Networking Issues for help in finding the IP Address of the RAID PC.

Installation Procedure

Before you start...
If you are installing AMS to run over a network, determine the computers and servers onto
which you will install AMS. Obtain the IP addresses of all RAID PCs where AMS will be
installed.

AMS Installation

With that information ready, follow these steps to install AMS on each computer or server:
1. Boot the PC/server and launch Windows.
2. If the computer is already running, exit all programs.
3. Insert the WD RAID setup and management CD into your CD-ROM
drive.
4. Open the CD and locate the AMS folder.
5. Inside the AMS folder, look for the AMS Installer icon (right).
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