Software User Guide for Windows*

Overview
Intel
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RSTe for Microsoft Windows* OS Software User’s Guide 1
1 Overview
The software described in this document is designed for use with Intel
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Rapid Storage Technology
enterprise (Intel
®
RSTe). Intel
®
RSTe provides added performance and reliability for supported systems
equipped with Serial ATA (SATA) devices, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) devices, and/or solid state drives
(SSDs) to enable an optimal enterprise storage solution. It offers many value-added 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
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C600 series chipset based server products:
 Intel
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Server Board S1400FP
 Intel
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Server Board S1400SP
 Intel
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Server Board S2600CO
 Intel
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Server Board S2400SC
 Intel
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Server Board S2400EP
 Intel
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Server Board S2600WP
 Intel
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Server Board S2400LP
 Intel
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Server Board S1600JP
 Intel
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Server Board S2400BB
 Intel
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Server Board S2400GP
 Intel
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Server Board S2600CP
 Intel
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Server Board S2600GZ/GL
 Intel
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Server Board S2600IP
 Intel
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Server Board S2600JF
 Intel
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Workstation Board W2600CR
 Intel
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Server Board S4600LH2
 Intel
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Server Board S4600LT2
1.2 Supported Operating Systems
Intel provides drivers for the following operating systems:
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008*
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008* R2
 Microsoft Windows 7*
 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2
1.3 Software and Utilities
Intel
®
RSTe includes a set of software and utilities to configure and manage RAID systems. These include:
1.3.1 Pre-boot Software
 Intel
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RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs – There are two pre-boot based Option ROMs (including a
RAID Pre-boot configuration utility): one for the AHCI (Advance Host Controller Interface) controller
and the other for the SCU (Storage Controller Unit) controller.
 Intel
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RSTe RAID UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Drivers – There are UEFI drivers for
AHCI and SCU, and UEFI mode command line utilities for AHCI and SCU (named RCFGSCU.efi
and RCFGSATA.efi) to provide a RAID Pre-boot configuration environment.
1.3.2 Operating System Running Time Software
 Intel
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RSTe operating system AHCI/RAID driver. This driver manages/controls the SATA devices