Intel SRCMR, User Manual

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46 Intel RAID Controller SRCMR User’s Guide
Minimum Software Requirements
Microsoft Windows 2000:
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RAID Software Suite CD-ROM
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9 MB of free hard disk space (for the RAID Software Suite)
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Server or Advanced Server
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Intel RAID Controller SRCMR Installation diskette
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One blank high density floppy diskette may be required to create the installation diskette
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0:
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RAID Software Suite CD-ROM
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9 MB of free hard disk space (for the RAID Software Suite)
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RAID Driver Installation diskette
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One blank high density floppy diskette* may be required to create the installation diskette
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation*, Server* or Server Enterprise Edition*
* Not supplied
Installing an Operating System onto a RAID Volume or
Single Disk
If you do not have the Intel RAID Controller SRCMR Installation diskette for the operating system
that you are installing, create it before continuing. See Chapter 2 for instructions to create this disk.
Also refer to Chapter 2 for instructions to install the Intel RAID Controller SRCMR and to set up a
RAID volume.
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NOTE
Prior to installing Windows NT, disable the Delayed Write Cache of the Intel RAID Controller
SRCMR.
When you do a warm boot by simultaneously pressing the CTRL+ALT+DEL keys, some PCI
server boards carry out a hard reset of the PCI bus. As a consequence, all expanision cards and
devices that are connected to the PCI bus, including the Intel RAID Controller SRCMR, are reset.
During the installation procedure of Windows NT this anomaly can cause the contents of the Intel
RAID Controller SRCMR cache RAM to be deleted before the data can be written to the disk(s). If
this happens, the installation cannot be completed correctly. Such a warm boot automatically takes
place after a FAT partition is converted into a NTFS partition at the end of the Windows NT
installation procedure.
To avoid this problem and prevent the risk of data corruption, the Delayed Write function of the
Intel RAID Controller SRCMR cache must be disabled during the complete installation . To
do so, use the StorCon program. Choose Advanced Setup, Configure Controller, Controller
Settings and switch the Delayed Write function OFF. After having completed the Windows NT
installation, switch the Delayed Write function ON again.