Users guide

Intel® RAID Software User Guide 4
backup strategy. It is highly recommended you back up data regularly through a tape
drive or other backup strategy to guard against data loss. It is especially important to
back up all data before working on any system components and before installing or
changing the RAID controller or configuration.
1.2 Software
Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology II, Intel
®
IT/IR RAID and Intel
®
Integrated
Server RAID controllers include a set of software tools to configure and manage RAID
systems. These include:
• Intel
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RAID controller software and utilities: The firmware installed on the RAID
controller provides pre-operating system configuration.
—For Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II, press <Ctrl> + <E> during
the server boot to enter the BIOS configuration utility.
—For Intel
®
IT/IR RAID, press <Ctrl> + <C> during the server boot to enter the
LSI MPT* SAS BIOS Configuration Utility
— For 6Gb/s Intel
®
RAID controller, press <Ctrl> + <G> during the server boot
to enter the RAID BIOS Console II.
— For 12Gb/s Intel
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RAID controller, press <Ctrl> + <R> during the server boot
to enter 12Gb/s Intel
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RAID controller configuration utility.
• Intel
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RAID Controller Drivers: Intel provides software drivers for the following
operating systems.
— Microsoft Windows Server 2012*, Microsoft Windows Server 2012* R2,
M
icrosoft Windows Server 2008*, Microsoft Windows Server 2008* R2,
Microsoft Windows 2000*, Microsoft Windows XP*, and Microsoft Windows
Server 2003* (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
— Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 (w
ith service packs; X86 and
X86-64)
— SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, SuSE* Linux
Enterprise Server 10, and
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11(with service packs; X86 and X86-64)
— VMWare* ESX 4i
Note: Only th
e combinations of controller, driver, and Intel
®
Server Board or System
listed in the Tested Hardware and Operating System List (THOL) were tested.
Check the supported operating system list for both your RAID controller and
your server board to verify operating system support and compatibility.
• Intel
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RAID Web Console 2: A full-featured graphical user interface (GUI) utility
is provided to monitor, manage, and update the RAID configuration.