Boot from Windows® Server

To create a RAID driver disk in Windows® Server environment:

1.Restart the system from the hard disk drive, then place the system/ motherboard support CD in the optical drive.

2.Browse the contents of the support CD to locate the driver disk utility. The Windows 32-bit OS RAID driver disk for the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager is located in:

\Drivers\ICH7R Intel RAID\Driver\win32\F6flpy32.exe

The Windows 2003 64-bit OS RAID driver disk for the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager is located in:

\Drivers\ICH7R Intel RAID\Driver\win64\F6flpy64.exe

The Windows 32-bit and 64-bit OS RAID driver disk for the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID is located in:

\Drivers\ICH7R LSI RAID\Driver\makedisk\win32_64.exe

3.Insert a formatted high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.

4.Follow screen instructions to complete the process.

5.After creating a RAID driver disk, eject the floppy disk, then write‑protect it to prevent computer virus infection.

Boot from Red Hat® Enterprise Linux/SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

To create a RAID driver disk in Red Hat® Enterprise Linux / SUSE Linux Enterprise server environment:

1.Insert a blank formatted high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.

2.Decompress the file into the floppy disk from the following path in the support

CD:

LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Driver:

\Drivers\ICH7R LSI RAID\Driver\Makedisk

3.Eject the floppy disk.

For systems with other Lunix versions that are not listed in the Makedisk menu, explore the support CD and copy the driver file from the following path: For LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Driver:\Drivers\ICH7R LSI RAID\ Driver\Linux\.

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Chapter 7: Driver installation