3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller, User Manual

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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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Installing the ATA RAID controller on
systems that boot from a different device
Materials required:
• 3ware CD-ROM (You will be required to create a 3ware Win-
dows Driver Installation Diskette from the files located on the
3ware CD-ROM. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the
3ware CD-ROM for directions.)
Create disk arrays
Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array
Configuration Utility chapters.
Install the 3ware driver
1 Log in as system administrator when the system finishes boot-
ing.
2 Go to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control
Panel window.
3 Open SCSI Adapters from the Control Panel window.
4 Click on the Drivers tab in SCSI Adapters.
5 Follow the instructions in the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver sec-
tion (page 77) to continue.
Reboot the machine
1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to restart the system.
If you don’t remove the diskette, the system may not boot.
2 Log in as system administrator. You should see a brief splash
screen followed immediately by an “Installation Complete”
notification.
3 Partition and format any new disk arrays or independent disks
using Disk Administrator in the remaining steps:
a Choose Programs from the Start menu.