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RM16_EX8
User
Guide
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Note: see
appendix H
for making floppy drivers
7.
Window will check the floppy; select the correct card and CPU type for your hardware
from the listing and press
Enter
key to install it.
8.
After Windows scans the hardware and finds the controller, it will display: “Setup will
load support for the following Mass Storage devices:
“ARECA [Windows X86-64 Storport] SATA/SAS PCI RAID Controller (RAID6-Engine inside)”.
Press
Enter
key to continue and copy the driver files. From this point on, simply follow
the Microsoft Windows installation procedure. Follow the on-screen Instructions,
responding as needed, to complete the installation.
9.
After the installation is completed, reboot the system to load the new drivers/operating
system.
10.
See Chapter 5 in this manual to customize your RAID volume sets using RM16_EX8
RAID storage manager.
Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System
When you reboot the system, log in as a system administrator. Continue with the following
steps to make any additional volume sets or pass-through disks accessible to Windows. This
procedure assumes that the RM16_EX8 raid engine hardware, driver, and Windows are
installed and operational in your system.
1.
Partition and format the new volume set or disks using Disk Administrator:
a.
Choose “Administrative Tools” from the “Start” menu.
b.
Choose “Computer Management” from the “Administrative Tools” menu.
c.
Select “Storage”.
d.
Select “Disk Management”.
2.
Follow the on-screen prompts to write a signature to the drive.
3.
Right click on the disk drive and select “Create Volume” from the menu.
4.
Follow the on-screen prompts to create a volume set and to give a disk drive letter.
Installing RM16_EX8 into an existing Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista system
In this scenario, you are installing the controller in an existing Windows system. To install
the driver:
1.
Follow the instructions in Chapter 2, the Hardware Installation Chapter, to install the
controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure.
2.
Turn on the computer Windows OS will recognize the RM16_EX8 RAID Controller and
launch the “Found New Hardware Wizard”, which guides you in installing the RM16_EX8
driver.