DRIVER INSTALLATION
The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003. Storport im- plements a new architecture designed for better performance with RAID systems and in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Storport delivers higher I/O throughput, enhanced manageability, and an improved miniport interface. Storport better utilizes faster adapters through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call (DPC) and improved queue management.
4.2.2Install Windows 2000/XP/2003 on a SATA RAID Volume
The following instructions explain how to install the SATA RAID controller Driver. For completed details on installing Windows, see the Windows User’s Manual.
4.2.2.1 Installation procedures
The following procedures detail installing the SATA RAID control- ler driver while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003. Have your bootable Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003
1.Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 “Hard- ware Installation” to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure.
2.Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to access the McBI- OS RAID manager. Use the McBIOS manager to create the RAID set and volume set to which you will install Windows. For de- tails, see Chapter 3 “McBIOS RAID manager”. Once a volume set is created and configured, continue with next step to install the operating system.
3.Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin the Windows installation.
Note:
The computer system BIOS must support bootable from
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