Installing with an Operating System
1. Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see
Installing the Controller and Disk
Drives
on page 36).
If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead).
2. Set the boot controller (see
Setting the Boot Controller
on page 44).
3. Create a bootable array (see
Creating an Array
on page 44).
4. Install your operating system and the controller driver (see
Installing the Driver and an Operating
System
on page 48.)
5. Install maxView Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see
Managing Your
Storage Space
on page 64).
Installing on an Existing Operating System
1. Install and connect your controller and internal disk drives (see
Installing the Controller and Disk
Drives
on page 36).
If your controller has an external connector, you can connect external disk drives as well (or instead).
2. Install the controller driver (see
Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System
on page 59).
3. Install maxView Storage Manager and begin to manage your data storage (see
Managing Your
Storage Space
on page 64).
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Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide