ATTO Technology ExpressSAS H1208 GT HBA, Installation And Operation Manual

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3 New Windows OS Installation
When you install a new or different copy of the Windows
operating system on a disk attached to an ATTO ExpressSAS adapter,
you must reinstall the ATTO ExpressSAS drivers.
If you are changing the version of Windows you are using or
installing a fresh copy of your current version onto your
system, you must ensure Windows recognizes your ATTO
ExpressSAS and uses its drivers.
You may create an installation media (disk, CD or USB flash
drive) from a file from the ATTO website, then use that media
to install the adapter and its driver to the new version of
Windows.
Follow these procedures after you have completed
installation of the ExpressSAS adapter and you have
connected storage devices (refer to
Install Hardware ).
Adjusting Adapter settings with the EFI
Configuration Utility
Depending on your configuration, it may be necessary to
adjust adapter NVRAM settings prior to performing the
Windows installation. For example, you may need to modify
the device wait time. The EFI configuration utility can be
launched from an EFI shell. A built-in EFI shell is included with
many PC platforms. If your platform does not have a built-in
EFI shell, one can be obtained at
http://tianocore.sourceforge.net.
Once in the EFI shell, do the following to open the EFI
Configuration Utility:
1. At the prompt, enter the drivers -b command. Scroll
through the list of installed EFI drivers and find the
ExpressSAS driver. There may be more than one entry
based on the number and type of adapter(s). Note the
two or three digit hexadecimal driver handle on the far
left of the screen.
2. At the prompt, enter drvcfg -s {handle} where {handle} is
the hexadecimal number from the previous step. This will
launch the EFI Configuration Utility for the associated
adapter.
3. Use the on-screen menus to configure your adapter. Help
is available at the bottom of the screen.
4. When exiting the configuration utility, if you changed any
settings, the system will restart the adapter so the new
settings take effect.
5. At the prompt, enter exit to return to the EFI boot
manager or reset to restart the system.
Power Center Pro HBA RAID Solution
Power Center Pro is an integrated software RAID solution that
brings the performance and protection of RAID to storage
devices attached to your ATTO ExpressSAS 12 Gb host
adapters.
ATTO’s Power Center Pro is a RAID 0, 1, 1e and 10 solution
included for use with ExpressSAS 12 Gb SAS HBAs with
internal connections, providing a cost-effective option that
adds performance and protection to your storage
architecture.
To learn more about using and configuring Power Center Pro
RAID groups, refer to the EFI section ATTO Utilities Manual on
setting up RG to install the OS (
atto.com ).
Creating ExpressSAS installation media from a file
1. Go to atto.com .
2. Put your cursor over Downloads then click on Downloads
from the splash screen menu.
3. Register or log in if previously registered.
4. Select SAS/SATA Host & RAID adapters from the product
list.
5. Select your model.
6. From the table, find your Operating System.
7. Click on the entry for the latest driver.
8. A download window appears. Follow the instructions for
downloading the driver.
Internet Explorer users may select Run to automatically run
the downloaded self-extracting executable file.
All other browser users select a download destination and
run the self-extracting executable file.
9. Uncheck When done unzipping open \Setup.exe.
10. Select a destination folder and click Unzip to extract the
driver files.
11. Run makedisk.exe .
12. Continue with Install the Driver into a New Version of
Windows.