Avago Technologies MegaRAID SATA 300-4XLP - Manual (Page 25)

MegaRAID SATA 300 Storage Adapters User’s Guide 2-1
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Chapter 2
Hardware Installation
This chapter describes the hardware installation of all the SATA 300
storage adapters. This chapter consists of the following sections:
•
Section 2.1, “Installation Overview”
•
Section 2.2, “Installation Requirements”
•
Section 2.3, “Detailed Installation Instructions”
•
Section 2.4, “Post-Installation Steps”
2.1 Installation Overview
The following steps provide an overview of the operations to install the
MegaRAID SATA 300-4XLP, MegaRAID SATA 300-4ELP, MegaRAID
SATA 300-8X, MegaRAID SATA 300-8XLP, and MegaRAID SATA 300-
8ELP storage adapters and configure them for RAID operations.
Step 1. Install the hardware. For hardware installation instructions, refer
to
Section 2.3, “Detailed Installation Instructions,” on page 2-2 .
Step 2. Configure the system BIOS. Refer to the system documentation
for details.
Step 3. Run the MegaRAID configuration utility to configure the
Serial ATA drives into a RAID array. Refer to the MegaRAID
Configuration Software User’s Guide for details.
Step 4. Install the operating system driver. Refer to the MegaRAID
Device Driver Installation User’s Guide for details.
Step 5. Install and run the MegaRAID Manager CU or the Power
Console CU to manage the RAID system configuration and
performance. Refer to the MegaRAID Configuration Software
User’s Guide for details.