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Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 4
...3 RAID OpROM Utility 15
3.1 Enter Intel® RSTe OpROM Utility 15 3.1.1 Create RAID Volume 17 3.1.2 Delete RAID Volume 22 3.1.3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID 23
4 Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 27
4.1 Installing Microsoft Windows 27 4.2 Manual Installation of the Intel® RSTe driver in OS 31 4.3 Installing Microsoft Windows 2003* x64 36
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Intel® RSTe User's Guide
Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 6
... update the driver software 36 Figure 39. Restart Computer for Changes to Take Effect 36 Figure 40. Enable RSTe SAS/SATE Capable Controller 37 Figure 41. Boot from Windows 2003 Installation CD/DVD-ROM 37 Figure 42. Press F6 to Install SCSI/RAID Driver 38 Figure 43. Press S to Specify Special Disk Controller 38 Figure 44. Choose appropriate Driver for HDD/SSD Controller 39 Figure 45. Load...
Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 7
... Figure 61. .Net Framework* Installation Completed 47 Figure 62. Setup Program ...48 Figure 63. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise 48 Figure 64. Installation in progress 49 Figure 65. Enter Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise 49 Figure 66. Rescan All Available Disks 50 Figure 67. Create New Volume 50 Figure 68. Select Controller and Volume Type 51 Figure...
Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 10
...) devices, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) devices, and/or solid state drives (SSD's) to enable an optimal enterprise storage solution. It offers many value-add features such as RAID and advanced SAS* and/or SATA* capabilities for the Microsoft Windows*, Linux* and other operating systems.
1.1 Supported Hardware
This manual covers the software stack that is shared across Intel® C600 series chipset...
Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 36
...server boards, and driver update after the operating system is installed.
4.1 Installing Microsoft Windows*
The following instructions will show how to install a Microsoft Windows 2008* R2 onto a disk in Intel® RSTe non-RAID or RAID mode. For this example, the following is assumed: Intel® RSTe is enabled in the Intel® Server Board BIOS SETUP. The optical disk drive...
Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 37
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update
Figure 23. Windows Server 2008* Installation
3. Select the desired OS version to install (if prompted) and select .
Figure 24. Select Operating System to Install
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Intel® RSTe User's Guide
Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 44
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update
Figure 36. Navigete to the Driver Software Location
8. Navigate to where the driver is located and select the INF file from the driver folder with that has the same OS version as the system. Click Install when the system prompts a Windows Security warning.
Figure 37. Confirm to Install the Device Software
Intel® RSTe User's Guide
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Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 45
... able to create a volume from the pass-through disk in the UI.
The following instructions will show how to install Windows 2003* onto a disk in Intel® RSTe RAID mode.
1. Press after POST to enter BIOS setup. Advanced > Mass Storage Controller Configuration, disable the AHCI Capable SATA Controller and set the SAS/SATA Capable Controller as Intel® RSTe.
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Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 53
... Systems Installation and Driver Update
Figure 54. Windows* Installing
15. After finishing the Windows* installation, restart the system. Download the KB932755 HotFix* setup program from Microsoft* website and install it by double clicking the icon.
Figure 55. Install Hotfix* KB932755
16. Follow the software installation prompts as is shown in following figures. After finishing the installation...
Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 56
Operating Systems Installation and Driver Update 17. Download the Microsoft .Net 3.5* Framework from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc160716.aspx.
Figure 60. Downloading .Net 3.5 Framework* 18. Install the .Net Framework 3.5* with the prompts on the screen.
Figure 61. .Net Framework* Installation Completed
Intel® RSTe User's Guide
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Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 57
... and Driver Update 19. Download the RSTe GUI by searching "Intel® RSTe AHCI & SCU Software RAID driver for Windows*" from
http://www.intel.com and install the utility iata_cd.exe from a folder named "GUI" with the screen prompts as is shown in the figures below.
Figure 62. Setup Program
Figure 63. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise
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Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 62
... the RAID migration, restart the system to let the RAID migration take effect. In case this migration is from a single disk into a RAID 5, another unallocated disk would show on your Server Manager > Storage > Disk Manager. You can allocate it as a new disk or use third party disk partition software to merge it with the system primary disk.
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Technical Product Specification - Page 46
... flash storage device into.
3.3.3
On-board Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial ATA (SATA)/RAID Support and
Options
The Intel® C600-A chipset provides storage support by two integrated controllers: Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and SCU. By default the server board will support up to 6 SATA ports: Two single 6Gb/sec SATA ports routed from the AHCI controller to the two white SATA...
Technical Product Specification - Page 47
... providing memory and CPU utilization
Supported RAID Levels - 0,1,5,10 o 4 & 8 Port SATA RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key o 4 & 8 Port SAS RAID 5 support provided with appropriate Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key
Maximum drive support = 8 (with or without SAS expander option installed)
Open Source Compliance = Binary Driver...
Specification Update - Page 3
... Windows 7* with default NIC driver 9
18.
Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key replacement Issue 10
19.
Intel® LAN driver installation failure on Windows* 7 10
20.
Hard drives connected through SAS expander can't be detected in legacy mode 10
21.
System will boot from on-board video although install add-in video card 11
22.
On-board VGA cannot be set to the highest resolution...
Specification Update - Page 6
... under
ESRT2 mode of the SCU controller
17.
Fix
High CPU utilization may occur when installing or running Microsoft Windows Server
2008* R2 or Microsoft Windows 7* with default NIC driver
18.
Fixed
Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key replacement Issue
19
Fix
Intel® LAN driver installation failure on Windows* 7
20
Fix
Hard drives connected through SAS expander can't be detected...
Specification Update - Page 8
...Series Chipset based Server Boards under Intel® RSTe mode.
Status
This issue may be fixed in a future driver or BIOS release.
Workaround None.
2. UEFI Windows Server 2008* R2 SP1 installation on SCU ports may fail under RSTe RAID mode
Problem
System may encounter blue screen when installing Windows Sever 2008* R2 SP1 under UEFI with below configurations:
i. Intel® C600 RAID Upgrade...
Specification Update - Page 10
... no Intel ® C600 RAID upgrade key (any of RKSAS4, RKSAS4R5, RKSAS8, RKSAS8R5) is installed to enable SAS support capablity under the ESRT2 mode and SAS drivers are used, the system may halt at the boot stage.
Implication
User may see a system halt with no RAID keys installed with SAS drivers used and ESRT2 enabled. User should use SATA drives only...
Specification Update - Page 13
... future BIOS release.
Workaround None.
17. High CPU utilization may occur when installing or running Microsoft Windows Server 2008* R2 or Microsoft Windows 7* with default NIC driver
Problem
There has been high CPU load observed when installing or running Microsoft Windows Server 2008* R2 or Microsoft Windows 7* with default NIC (Network Interface Card) driver.
Implication
When the ports are...
Specification Update - Page 14
...Specification Update
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
Workaround None.
18. Intel® RAID C600 Upgrade Key replacement Issue
Problem
With Manageability Engine (ME) Firmware 02.01.05.069, the server may detect the incorrect Storage Control Unit (SCU) Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Disks (RAID) information after installing or replacing the RAID upgrade key. The board or...