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General Installation Process

6

Power up the System

Reinstall the computer cover, and reconnect the power cords. Turn on 

the power to the host computer. Make sure that the power is turned on 

to the SAS devices and the SATA III devices before or at the same time 

that the power to the host computer is turned on. If the power is 

turned on to the host computer before it is turned on to the devices, 

the host computer might not recognize the devices.

The firmware takes several seconds to initialize. During this time, the 

RAID controller scans the ports.

7

Run the Intel® RAID BIOS 

Configuration Utility

Run the Intel

® 

 RAID BIOS Configuration Utility to 

configure the groups and the virtual drives. When the 

message about the configuration utility appears on the 

screen, immediately press Ctrl+G to run the utility.

NOTE: Refer to the 

Intel

®

 RAID Software User 

Guide

 for detailed steps on configuring drive 

groups and virtual drives.

8

Install the Operating System Driver

The RAID controller can operate under various operating systems, 

but you must install the software drivers first.

You can view the supported operating systems and download the 

latest drivers for RAID controllers from the Intel website at 

http://www.intel.com/support

Refer to the 

Intel

®

 RAID Software User Guide

 on 

http://www.intel.com/support

 for more information about installing 

the driver. Be sure to use the latest service packs that are provided by 

the operating system manufacturer and to review the 

readme

 file 

that accompanies the appropriate driver. 

Reference Documents

If you need more information about any topic covered in this guide, refer to the following documentation on the Intel website at 

http://www.intel.com/support

:

  

12Gb/s Intel

® 

 RAID Controllers User Guide

•  

Intel

® 

 RAID Software User Guide

 

  Software license agreement

 

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