A.1 hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements – Asus LSI SAS3442X-R User Manual

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A-2

Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility

Version 1.1

A.1

Hardware and Software Requirements

The CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility runs on any Intel IA-32 or IA64
compatible platform. It works with storage devices that are compliant with
existing SCSI standards. CFGGEN supports the LSISAS1064/1064E,
LSISAS1068/1068E, and LSISAS1078 LSI SAS controller chips.
CFGGEN runs in the following operating environments:

DOS –

CFGGEN runs in any environment that is fully DOS compatible and has
at least 640-KB of memory. The system BIOS must support 32-bit BIOS
services, including the PCI BIOS services. CFGGEN uses these services
to locate the controller and its interface registers. CFGGEN must be able
to directly access the controller chip’s interface registers.

Note:

You cannot run CFGGEN in a virtual DOS window from
within Windows.

EFI –

CFGGEN runs in any environment that is fully EFI compatible.

Linux –

CFGGEN is a statically linked Linux application. Static linking prevents
any library version compatibility problems that might stop CFGGEN from
working with a specific release or distribution of Linux. Version 3.02.04
or newer of the LSI

mptlinux

driver must be installed on the system. The

required modules include

mptbase.o

mptscsih.o

, and

mptctl.o

Caution:

mptbase.o

mptscsih.o

, and

mptctl.o

must be loaded

into the Linux kernel before CFGGEN will function correctly.
They can be loaded using the Linux

modprobe

command.

WinPE –

CFGGEN runs in Windows Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE) and is
statically compiled with the LSI MptLib Library (

MptLib.lib

). The WinPE

environment must have the appropriate LSI MPT Windows driver
(Miniport or Storport) installed and loaded in order to recognize and
communicate with the I/O controller.