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This section explains how to install (or reinstall) MegaRAID Storage Manager soft- ware on your workstation or server for the supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux, and SUSE Linux. 5.3.1 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows

Follow these steps if you need to install MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a system running Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, or Microsoft Windows XP:

1.Insert the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installation CD in the CD-ROM drive. If necessary, ﬁnd and double-click the setup.exe ﬁle to start the installation program.

2.When the Welcome screen appears, click Next. If MegaRAID Storage Manager software is already installed on this system, the Program Maintenance screen ap- pears. Read the screen text and select Modify, Repair, or Remove.

3.When the next screen appears, read and accept the user license, and click Next. The Customer Information screen appears, as shown in Figure 5.1.

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Contents AOC-USAS-L4i AOC-USAS-L4iR Manual Revision 1.0b Release Date October 17 Table of Contents MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareOverview and Installation Adding a Saved Storage Conﬁguration Add-on Card Users Guide An Important Note to Users Product FeaturesOverview Operating Systems SupportedAsia-Paciﬁc Contacting SuperMicroHeadquarters EuropeAn Important Note to Users ESD Safety GuidelinesGeneral Safety Guidelines Add-on Card Users Guide Front Connectors Front Connectors and Jumpers#1. Internal SAS Connector Front Connector and Pin DeﬁnitionsFront Jumper Locations and Pin Deﬁnitions Jumper SettingsFront Pane LEDs LED IndicatorsRAID 1 Arrays RAID Minimum Drive RequirementsAdd-on Card Users Guide Performing a Quick Conﬁguration Chapter Driver InstallationConﬁguring Arrays and Logic Drives Starting the MegaRAID Bios CUUsing Easy Conﬁguration Logical Drive Conﬁguration Using New Conﬁguration and View/Add ConﬁgurationSafety Information and Technical Speciﬁcations Creating a Global Hotspare Drive Initializing Logical Drives Logical Drive Submenu Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies Rebuilding a Drive Hot Plug Support Checking Data Consistency Viewing and Changing Device Properties Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties Viewing Physical Drive Properties Forcing Drives Online or OfﬂineViewing and Changing Logical Drive Properties Clearing a Storage Conﬁguration Conﬁguring a Bootable Logical DriveDeleting a Logical Drive Creating Storage Conﬁgurations OverviewMaintaining Storage Conﬁgurations Hardware and Software RequirementsMonitoring Storage Devices Installation Customer Information Screen Customer Information Screen Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux Linux Error Messages Add-on Card Users Guide Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software Chapter MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and MenusSelect Server Window Select Server Window MegaRAID Storage Manager Window Physical/Logical View Panel Event Log Panel Properties/Operations/Graphical View PanelFile Menu Menu BarLog Menu Creating a New Storage Conﬁguration Chapter ConﬁgurationFirst Screen Conﬁguration Wizard Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters Auto Conﬁguration Screen Using Auto ConﬁgurationUsing Guided Conﬁguration First Guided Conguration Screen Second Guided Conﬁguration Screen Manual Conﬁguration First Manual Conﬁguration Screen Using Manual Conﬁguration RAIDManual Conﬁguration Deﬁning a Virtual Disk Manual Conﬁguration Adding a Hotspare Safety Information and Technical Speciﬁcations Using Manual Conﬁguration RAID Using Manual Conﬁguration RAID Adding Hotspare Disks Changing Adjustable Task Rates Deleting a Virtual Disk Changing Virtual Disk PropertiesClearing a Storage Conﬁguration from a Controller Saving a Storage Conﬁguration to DiskAdding a Saved Storage Conﬁguration