Intel SRCU31, User Manual

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48 Intel RAID SRCU31 Users 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 drive 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 SRCU31 Installation diskette (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 drive space (for the RAID Software Suite)
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RAID Driver Installation diskette (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 SRCU31 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 SRCU31 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
SRCU31.
CAUTION
To avoid this problem and prevent the risk of data corruption, the Delayed Write function of the
Intel RAID Controller SRCU31 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.
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 expansion cards and
devices that are connected to the PCI bus, including the Intel RAID Controller SRCU31, are reset.
During the installation procedure of Windows NT this anomaly can cause the contents of the Intel
RAID Controller SRCU31 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.