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RAID driver installation, 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk

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7.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk The system does not include a USB floppy drive. You may have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® Server or Red Hat® Enterprise operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support CD). To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment 1. Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive. 2. Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the support CD. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart the computer. 5. Press any key when prompted to boot from CD. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! Press any key to boot from CDROM... The Makedisk menu appears. Create Driver Diskette Menu LSI 1068 B1 SAS Driver ESB2 ASF Firmware update FreeDOS command prompt 6. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create and press to enter the sub-menu. 7-2 Chapter 7: Driver installation

Section	Page
Contents	3
Notices	7
Safety information	8
About this guide	9
Chapter 1: Product introduction	11
1.1 System package contents	12
1.2 Serial number label	12
1.3 System specifications	13
1.4 Front panel features	15
1.5 Rear panel features	15
1.6 Internal features	16
1.7 LED information	17
1.7.1 Front panel LEDs	17
1.7.2 LAN (RJ-45) LEDs	17
1.7.3 HDD status LED	18
Chapter 2: Hardware setup	19
2.1 Chassis cover	20
2.1.1 Removing the front cover	20
2.1.2 Removing the rear cover	22
2.1.3 Installing the top cover	23
2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	24
2.2.1 Installing the CPU	24
2.2.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and airduct	27
2.3 System memory	28
2.3.1 Overview	28
2.3.2 Memory mirroring and sparing technology	30
2.3.3 Installing a DIMM	33
2.3.4 Removing a DIMM	33
2.4 Hard disk drives	34
2.5 Expansion slot	36
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the riser card bracket	36
2.5.2 Reinstalling the riser card bracket	37
2.5.3 Configuring an expansion card	39
2.6 Cable connections	40
2.7 SAS backplane cabling	41
2.8 Removable components	42
2.8.1 System fans	42
2.8.2 Power supply module	45
2.8.3 Optical drive	46
2.8.4 Motherboard	47
Chapter 3: Installation options	49
3.1 Rackmount rail kit items	50
3.2 Rack rails assembly	50
3.3 Attaching the rails to the rack	51
3.4 Rackmounting the server	52
Chapter 4: Motherboard Info	53
4.1 Motherboard layout	54
4.2 Jumpers	56
4.3 Internal connectors	60
Chapter 5: BIOS setup	69
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	70
5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk	70
5.1.2 AFUDOS utility	71
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	74
5.2 BIOS setup program	75
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen	76
5.2.2 Menu bar	76
5.2.3 Navigation keys	76
5.2.4 Menu items	77
5.2.5 Sub-menu items	77
5.2.6 Configuration fields	77
5.2.7 Pop-up window	77
5.2.8 Scroll bar	77
5.2.9 General help	77
5.3 Main menu	78
5.3.1 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	78
5.3.2 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	78
5.3.3 Floppy A [Disabled]	78
5.3.4 IDE Configuration	79
5.3.5 Primary IDE Master/Slave	80
5.3.6 System Information	81
5.4 Advanced menu	83
5.4.1 CPU Configuration	83
5.4.2 Chipset Configuration	85
5.4.3 PCI/PnP Configuration	89
5.4.4 USB Configuration	91
5.4.5 Peripheral Configuration	92
5.4.6 ACPI Configuration	93
5.4.7 Power On Configuration	94
5.4.8 Hardware Monitor	95
5.5 Server menu	97
5.6 Security	99
5.7 Boot menu	101
5.7.1 Boot Device Priority	101
5.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration	102
5.8 Exit menu	103
Chapter 6: RAID configuration	105
6.1 Setting up RAID	106
6.1.1 RAID definitions	106
6.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	106
6.2 LSI Corporation MPT Setup Utility	107
6.2.1 Integrated Mirroring (IM) volume	107
6.2.2 Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) volume	111
6.2.3 Integrated Striping (IS) volume	113
6.2.4 Managing Arrays	115
6.2.5 Viewing SAS Topology	119
6.2.6 Global Properties	120
Chapter 7: Driver installation	123
7.1 RAID driver installation	124
7.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	124
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	127
7.2 Intel® chipset device installation	134
7.3 LAN driver installation	137
7.4 VGA driver installation	141
7.5 Management applications and utilities installation	143
7.5.1 Running the support CD	143
7.5.2 Drivers menu	143
7.5.3 Management Software menu	144
7.5.4 Utilities menu	144