DATOptic ARC-1680 Series - Manual (Page 100)

DRIVER INSTALLATION
100
9. After the installation is completed, reboot the system to load
the new driver/operating system.
10. See Chapter 5 in this manual to customize your RAID vol-
ume sets using McRAID Storage Manager.
4.2.2.2 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows
System
When you reboot the system, log in as a system administrator.
Continue with the following steps to make any additional volume
sets or pass-through disks accessible to Windows. This proce-
dure assumes that the SAS RAID controller hardware, driver,
and Windows are installed and operational in your system.
1. Partition and format the new volume set or disks using “Disk
Administrator”:
a. Choose “Administrative Tools” from the “Start” menu.
b. Choose “Computer Management” from the “Administrative
Tools” menu.
c. Select “Storage”.
d. Select “Disk Management”.
2. Follow the on-screen prompts to write a signature to the
drive.
3. Right click on the disk drive and select “Create Volume” from
the menu.
4. Follow the on-screen prompts to create a volume set and to
give a disk drive letter.
4.2.3 Installing controller into an existing Win-
dows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Installation
In this scenario, you are installing the controller in an existing
Windows system. To install the driver: