Microsoft Windows Driver Installation - Cisco UCS C220 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations

Microsoft Windows Driver Installation

This section describes how to install the LSI MegaSR driver in a Windows installation.
This section contains the following topics:
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Windows Server 2008R2 Driver Installation
The Windows operating system automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to the
appropriate directory.
Create a RAID drive group using the LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility before you install this
Step 1
driver for Windows. Launch this utility by pressing Ctrl-M when
POST.
Download the Cisco UCS C-Series drivers' ISO, as described in
Step 2
page
Prepare the drivers on a USB thumb drive:
Step 3
a.
b.
c.
d.
Start the Windows driver installation using one of the following methods:
Step 4
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Launch a Virtual KVM console window and click the Virtual Media tab.
Step 5
a.
b.
Power cycle the server.
Step 6
Press F6 when you see the F6 prompt during bootup. The Boot Menu window opens.
Step 7
On the Boot Manager window, choose the physical disk or virtual DVD and press Enter. The Windows
Step 8
installation begins when the image is booted.
Press Enter when you see the prompt, "Press any key to boot from CD."
Step 9
Observe the Windows installation process and respond to prompts in the wizard as required for your
Step 10
preferences and company standards.
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Updating the Windows Driver, page C-18
Linux Driver Installation, page C-19
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Burn the ISO image to a disk.
Browse the contents of the drivers folders to the location of the embedded MegaRAID drivers:
/<OS>/Storage/Intel/C600/
Expand the Zip file, which contains the folder with the MegaSR driver files.
Copy the expanded folder to a USB thumb drive.
To install from local media, connect an external USB DVD drive to the server and then insert the
first Windows installation disk into the drive. Skip to
To install from remote ISO, log in to the server's Cisco IMC interface and continue with the next
step.
Click Add Image and browse to select your remote Windows installation ISO file.
Check the check box in the Mapped column for the media that you just added, and then wait for
mapping to complete.
LSI SWRAID
Downloading the LSI MegaSR Drivers,
Step 6.
Cisco UCS C220 M4 Server Installation and Service Guide
Embedded SATA RAID Controllers
is shown during the BIOS
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