Intel SRCU32 - RAID Controller driver and firmware
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... is the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 Firmware 21 Standard Firmware ...21
RAID Hardware Installation and Setup 22 Minimum Hardware Requirements 22 Installing and Removing the SDRAM 22 Installing the SDRAM 22 Removing the SDRAM 23 Install the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 in the Intel® Server Board 23 Programming the FLASH Memory 24 SCSI Termination ...24 Termination ...24 Setting the...
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... an OS onto an IDE or SCSI Hard Drive Not Attached to the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 50 Windows 2000 / NT 4.0 Installation Procedures 50 Upgrading an OS (Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000) that is Currently Installed on a RAID Volume or Single Disk 52 Installation to an Existing OS 53
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An Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 Has Already Been Configured for UnixWare......... 72 Installing an Operating System onto a Host Drive or Single Disk 72 Installation of the RAID Software Suite for UnixWare 73 Coordinates of SCSI Devices 73
Host Adapter Number (HA 73 UnixWare Bus Number, Target ID and LUN 74
Configuration Example 74 Additional Information...75
7 Storage Console 77
StorCon ...
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... does not drain computing power or time from the PCI computer. According to the system requirements needed, the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 is available with two firmware variants. The firmware is either already installed on the controller upon delivery, or can be added as an upgrade. Unlike pure software solutions, for example, for Windows NT, the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 is a pure hardware...
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... located in the flash memory of the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32. Refer to section 11 Appendix Firmware Update for a normal reprogram of the firmware.
SCSI Termination
Termination Termination is a commonly overlooked requirement when connecting SCSI devices together. When these devices are connected together, the resulting set of devices is typically referred to as a SCSI bus. SCSI devices such as...
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... of hot fix drives:
Private hot fix drive (Available for one array drive only)
Pool hot fix drive (Several array drives share this hot fix drive)
Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 Quick Start
This section is a quick start that can be used when installing the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 using either Windows 2000 or Red Hat† Linux† 7.1. For more detailed instructions and to get information...
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... CD-ROM. 2. Press as soon as the first blue screen appears to bypass mass storage detection. 3. When prompted to specify a mass storage controller:
• Select "S" to specify additional storage devices. • Insert the Windows 2000 Installation driver diskette. • Press to select the "Installation Driver" and continue with Windows installation.
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...are unable to create the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 installation diskette by booting from the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 CD, you can run the CD on a Windows system and create drivers for any OS. Alternately, you can manually create these disks for the following operating systems:
Windows NT†
1. Insert the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Insert a blank floppy diskette...
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... install the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 and the accompanying software suite.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
✏ NOTE
The Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 will work in a 32-bit, 33 or 64 MHz PCI slot; however, a 64-bit 66 MHz slot is recommended for maximum performance. • Computer with CD-ROM drive (not attached to the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32).
Computer must be on the supported...
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..., some PCI server boards carry out a hard reset of the PCI bus. As a consequence, all expansion cards and devices that are connected to the PCI bus, including the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32, are reset. During the installation procedure of Windows NT this anomaly can cause the contents of the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 cache RAM to be deleted before the data can be written to the disk(s). If...
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... system. Installing Windows Using the Installation Boot Diskettes:
1. During install let Windows detect the storage devices in the system. When device detection is complete, press to specify additional storage devices.
2. Select Other. Insert the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 installation diskette for Windows into the floppy drive, press .
Installing Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 2000
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... the Windows installation CD-ROM, for example, the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 driver created in Chapter 2, then follow the procedure below.
1. Insert the CD-ROM and power up the system. If the drivers for the hard drive controller are not on the bootable Windows CD-ROM, press as soon as the initial blue screen appears to ensure that the driver diskette can be loaded.
2. When device detection...
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... prompted to boot from the CD-ROM. Let the computer boot to the hard drive to continue the upgrade.
13. When the computer gets to the first blue setup screen, immediately press to load the RAID drivers for Windows 2000.
14. When prompted press and insert the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 Installation diskette and continue the Windows 2000 upgrade.
15. Setup will complete the text-based portion...
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...the Device Manager for the given OS and scan the PCI bus for new hardware. 7. Select "Intel RAID Controller SRCU32" in the "hardware found" list, and then click "Next." 8. Select "Search" for a suitable driver for my device, and then click "Next." 9. Select "Floppy Drive." 10. Click "Next" and follow the instructions up to and including system reboot.
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...RAID Controller SRCU32 installation disks can be created from the RAID Software Suite system CD-ROM. See Chapter 2 for instructions to create these disks.
Before you Begin
Available Drivers and Tools on the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 Software Suite CD-ROM
gdth.tgz
Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 driver sources
storcon-2.02.gz
StorCon for i386 systems, version 2.02
srcd-1.10-redhat.tgz Remote...
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...These updates can be found at: http://www.novell.com
1. Create a driver diskette from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM. See Chapter 2 for details to create this disk.
2. Power off the system and add the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32 card(s). 3. Power on the system and boot to the OS. 4. Load INSTALL.NLM (For 4.2 only). 5. Load NWCONFIG.NLM (For 5.x and above). 6. Insert the driver diskette into drive...
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... on the new host drive. All data from the original host drives will be lost.
The Merge Host Drives menu is only available if StorCon is loaded with + from the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32's Flash-RAM.
Partition Host Drive:
This option is not available when loading StorCon from the Flash-RAM of the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32. Before you can partition a new host drive it may become necessary...
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... primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives within the extended partitions.
Overwrite Master Boot Code This option creates a valid and consistent master boot record on the selected host drive and should be carried out on any new host drive on which Windows NT is installed. Never use it on host drives containing valid data, otherwise all data...
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... procedure. Thus, both software modules can be easily updated without having to remove the controller from its PCI slot. Firmware and BIOS are part of the SRC_PFW file.
To get the latest firmware for the Intel RAID Controller SRCU32, visit our website at: http://support.intel.com
The file has an extension (for example, SRC_PFW.009) which indicates the version stepping. Download the packed files...
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SCSI-B
Indicates SCSI devices which have been detected on the controller's SCSI channels.
Press to enter INTEL(R) Storage Console
After pressing + , the message "...Please wait..." appears. The I/O bus scan is completed and the built-in StorCon configuration program is loaded. You are now free to configure RAID array drives.
FLASH Memory Programming
Firmware Update Procedure via XROM StorCon
The...