User Manual
BC4000 Series RAID Controllers
02/13/06
B ro ad c om C o r p or at i on
Document
BC4000-UM100-R
Windows: Installing Drivers and Applications
Page 23
New Installation of Windows 2000, XP, or 2003
You can install a new operating system at the same time you install the drivers for the controller(s). The
Windows 2003 procedure for installing more than one controller is similar to installing only one, except that the
Found
New Hardware Wizard
runs two additional times for each additional controller. Besides the two
components found in the single controller configuration, Windows also finds another BC4000 Series RAID
controller and the RAIDCore Multicard Device.
If you are installing to a boot array on a BC4000 Series RAID controller, you must modify the boot priority list
in the motherboard BIOS. See your motherboard manual for more information. Make sure that you include the
controller in this list and disable other IDE devices. Also ensure that INT13 support is enabled on the controller.
The array listed first in the BIOS
Arrays
list is the boot array; use the swap feature to place the boot array first.
To install the BC4000 Series RAID controller drivers and Windows:
1.
Follow Microsoft procedures to install Windows 2000, XP, or 2003.
2.
At the
Windows Setup
window, press
F6
to install the driver.
3.
When prompted, insert the driver disk, press
S,
and then press
Enter
.
4.
Select the correct
BC4000
option, and then press
Enter
.
5.
Press
Enter
to continue and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Windows 2003 installation.
You have completed the installation of the drivers for a RAIDCore BC4000 Series RAID controller. You can
now install the
RAIDCore Management Suite
for administering the controller, arrays, and disks (see
“Installing the Management Suite” on page 27
).
Note:
In the next step, press F6
immediately upon seeing the setup window.
Notes:
•
If you are installing more than one controller, the operating system finds the new hardware and
installs the driver components multiple times.
•
When the
Software Installation
warnings are displayed, click
Yes
. When the
Hardware
Installation
warnings are displayed, click
Yes
again.
Notes:
•
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 must be installed in the system before installing the Windows
driver and applications.
•
An installation failure with a blue screen can be encountered if you are installing Windows XP-64
or Windows Server 2003-64 edition on a system that has more than one BC4000 Series
controller. If this occurs, install the operating system to one controller, then shut down the system,
add another controller, and finish the installation. If the boot array needs to span across more than
one controller, first install the operating system to an array that resides only in one controller, and
it can then be spanned to disks on other controllers using the transform command.
